I thought I would provide an update.
My son got his Duke TIP ACT score back today. He had a 24 composite. His reading score was only 22, while on a practice test he made a 28. He made a 26 in science, and we never took a practice test on that. That was higher than I thought he would do. He had a 22 in math; since he is enrolled in algebra I thought he might get a 23 or 24.
Overall a 24 is a very good, although not great score. It's just a bit shy of what is needed for national recognition, just as his Explore test was. But the real question is can he improve by eight or 10 points over the next five years? My best guess is that he will.
I wish they would get 1,000 or so random 7th graders to take the ACT so you could get a true percentile score report back!
