The following are 2009-2010 school year dates for tests that directly affect educational, vocational, and personal planning at North High School. Practice GRAD tests are available through the District website.

Minnesota Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD Exams) - Please see District Website for dates.

For Grade 9 students in Writing
For Grade 10 students in Reading
For Grade 11 students in Math

The Guidance Office has sample copies of the following tests to help students prepare:
Grade 10 Reading
Grade 10 Reading Answers
Grad Reading
Grad Reading Answers
Grade 11 Math
Grade 11 Math Answers
Grad Math
Grad Math Answers

PLAN
Grade 10- October 14

PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test)
Grade 11 - October 14 - Optional Test

Advanced Placement (AP) Testing (voluntary and requires a fee)
Grades 10-12 - May 3-14
Total testing time for each exam is between 3-4 hours.

If you have questions, talk to your AP teacher or see Mr. Schmit in the Guidance Office. General information about Advanced Placement can be found on the CollegeBoard website.

ACT (American College Testing Program)
Grades 11 and 12 for college admission- voluntary and requires a fee
11th graders should take the ACT in the spring, 12th graders in the fall.

Please see the ACT website for testing dates and registration deadlines

FREE ACT information (for juniors) - check in Guidance for details.
Online registration at actstudent.org.

ACT News You Can Use Newsletter:
ACT's monthly News You Can Use electronic newsletter provides short articles to inform students and parents about college and career planning. Schools may use these articles in emails, handouts, newsletters, school newspapers, and on school websites. The articles are written for a student audience, but may be rewritten for parents.

Click on the link below to sign-up to get the newsletter sent directly to your email each month.

Newsletter Registration

SAT I AND Subject Tests

Online registration at CollegeBoard.

Please see the SAT website for test dates and registration deadlines.

What's the difference between the SAT and ACT? Find out!

Need test prep help?

P/SAT Prep Workshop:
Sunday, 9/27/09 at North High in the Forum from 12:30-6:00pm
Visit the Community Education site (page 8) for more information.

ACT Prep Workshop (2008-09 date):
Sunday, 3/29/09 at North from 12:30-6:00pm

Community Education
ACT website
Collegeboard.com
Peterson's Test Prep
Princeton Review
The Advantage

MCA/GRAD required tests.
On-line tutorials are available to help your student prepare:
1. Go to www.isd622.org website
2. Click on “teaching and learning” on left side of screen
3. Click on “testing and research” on right side of screen
4. Click on “parent resources” on right side of screen
5. Click on “perspective for parents and students” in middle of screen
6. Click on “View the tutorial” on right side of screen
7. Click on Learning Resources in middle of the screen
8. Choose Math, Reading, or Science
9. Choose a grade level
10. Choose a strand to work on from the left side of the screen
11. Double click on an activity