Academic Support Network

Important Testing Dates

Dates for the PSAT

PSAT test dates are administered and set by local school administrators. For additional information on possible testing dates for the PSAT, please contact the Jordan Guidance office.

Dates for the SAT

IMPORTANT NOTE - Be sure that you indicate that your scores be released to Jordan HS. This is an easily overlooked step and for those interested in trying to play collegiate athletics makes it a bit more difficult to get this information to possible college coaches that are interested in recruiting you.

May 5, 2007...next SAT & Subject Tests (register by April 3, 2007 - late registration by April 17, 2007) - Administered at Durham Jordan

Future SAT Test Dates

June 2, 2007 (register by April 27, 2007 - late registration by April 9, 2007) - Administered at Durham Jordan

Dates for the ACT

June 9, 2007...next ACT (register by May 4, 2007 - late registration by May 18, 2007)

Future ACT Test Dates

September 15, 2007 (register by August, 10, 2007 - late registration by August 24, 2007)
October 27, 2007 (register by September 21, 2007 - late registration by October 5, 2007)
December 8, 2007 (register by November 2, 2007 - late registration by Nov. 15, 2007)
February 9, 2008 (register by January 4, 2008 - late registration by January 18, 2008)
April 12, 2008 (register by March 7, 2008 - late registration by March 21, 2008)
June 14, 2008 (register by May 9, 2008 - late registration by May 23, 2008)

Website links for Registering for Appropriate Tests

For additional information concerning registration and general information for both the PSAT and SAT, please click here.

For additional information concerning registration and general information for the ACT, please click here.

Website links for Online Practice

SAT and ACT online free practice -

Princeton Review SAT Online Demo (current April 2007)
CollegeBoard.com SAT prep (current April 2007)
4Tests SAT prep (Current April 2007)
The Online Test Page (Current April 2007)
SAT and ACT Preparation (Current April 2007)

Notes from Princeton Review concerning the NEW SAT (started in 2005)

This information is provided from Joy M. Bryde of the Chapel Hill office of the Princeton Review concerning the New SAT that was administered for the first time in March 2005.

"...Writing Highlights: Test-takers saw two different essay prompts. The BW forms asked students to discuss whether creativity is more important today than ever before. The AE forms asked students if majority opinion is a poor guide. The grammar sections of the test were very similar to the old SAT II Writing tests. Most of these questions tested verb or pronoun errors and general sentence construction. There were few tricky idiom errors and almost no difficult verb tenses. The Improving Paragraph discussed a boy who thought his father was cool and featured five questions asking students to revise portions of the essay."

"...Reading Highlights: The sentence completions on this test were also much as they had been on the old test. There were an equal number of one-blank and two-blank sentences. The vocabulary in these questions was often less difficult than what students saw on the practice tests in ETS's Official Guide to the SAT. Students could also use word roots to help narrow down the answer choices. The reading on this test was varied in both style and language. The two single short passages discussed the discovery of the Incan city of Machu Picchu, and the accomplishments of Duke Ellington. The short dual passage contrasted recycling. The topics on the long passages included a narrative of a sad widow, a personal essay about a Hmong family, an academic article about theatre restoration, and a dual passage reviewing the pros and cons of human cloning. Of the 48 reading questions, 30 questions asked about inferences or the author's purpose."

"...Math Highlights: The overwhelming majority of questions on the math sections of this test shouldn't have surprised test-takers. The majority of the questions were identical to ones that appeared on older tests, and were therefore what test-takers expect. Algebraic reasoning questions were plentiful. The test featured traditional questions testing translation, averages, percents, and ratios. There were few geometry problems; these tested circumference, perimeter, area, and the third side of a triangle rule. There were few "new math" questions. These included three questions that tested the f(x) notation. One of these questions could be graphed into a calculator. Other new math questions included using multiple charts, solving for absolute value, and fractional exponents."