Testing/Exams

 ACT Basics & How to Prep << Overview
Seal of Biliteracy Exam -details TBD

Important Dates

District Assessment Days: APRIL 9 and 10, 2025

  • April 9 we will be testing the Juniors (Digital ACT) 

  • April 10  we will be testing the Freshmen & Sophomores (Digital PreACT) and  Juniors (Illinois Science Assessment)

Our District Assessment Days at GNHS each April include the administration of various exams required by the State of Illinois. All exams are free and mandatory, so they require no payment or advanced registration by families.

As you may know, the State of Illinois confirmed in May that the state-mandated assessment will shift from the SAT to the ACT starting this school year. While many details are still forthcoming from the state, we wanted to take steps to support our students through this transition.

"Testing Optional" What does it Mean?
SAT and ACT Differences

If you need any further information, please contact Mrs. Burnette at rburnette@d127.org.

Exams

Please check this page for all things AP 
and/or speak to your AP teachers with any questions.  

PAYMENTS for AP Tests are due now! Please make payment by logging into your myschoolbucks.com account and selecting "store", then "Browse all items", then AP EXAMS.  You will then use the "other" drop-down to select the exam and add it to your cart.  You can then proceed to check out and pay for exams.

Exams

Juniors!

Grade 11: ACT on April 9, 2025 and Illinois Science Assessment on April 10, 2025

Please contact Rachel Burnette, Testing Coordinator, with any questions.

ACT Basics and How to Prepare (Parent University Presentation)

Understanding Your ACT Results

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) requires that all students take the state administered ACT to graduate.

Test Prep Resources:

After-School ACT Prep Program
AFTER-SCHOOL ACT PREP PROGRAM

Who  Any juniors who would like additional skill-building and practice for the ACT

What  An 8 week prep class designed to address skills and content on the ACT

Where  At North on M/W or on Zoom on T/Th

When  January 29 through April 3
M/W 3:30-4:45 P.M. in person at North  or T/Th 7-8:15 P.M. on Zoom

You Can Expect

  • Rigorous content-area instruction by GNHS teachers in all sections 

    of the ACT, no essay instruction

  • Test-taking strategies

  • Materials will be provided

Registration
REGISTER HERE - NOW OPEN!
Registration closes January 24th, 11:59pm

Need More Info? 
Contact Mrs. Johnson, kjohnson@d127.org
Contact Mrs. Sokolowski jsokolowski@d127.org

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Khan Academy:  We highly recommend that all students take advantage of the free and personalized resources available through the Khan Academy.  Students can link previous tests and get individualized practice material.  In addition, the Khan Academy has hours of review videos, full-length practice tests, and numerous sample questions designed around each area of the ACT.  

Schoology Resources:  Our test preparation team has compiled a series of free resources available to all students.  Some resources will be published on Schoology, and we offer a test prep class in the spring.  If you have any trouble accessing these resources, please contact Kim Johnson at kjohnson@d127.org

Exams

Grade 9: PreACT8/9 on April 10th, 2025

Grade 10: PreACT on April 10th, 2025
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8th Graders!

We will be testing incoming 8th graders (Class of 2029) on Friday, October 18th.

The Preliminary ACT 8/9 is administered each October to incoming 8th graders as one tool to help determine course placements for freshmen the following academic year.

Please contact Rachel Burnette, Testing Coordinator, with any questions.

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The ACT 8/9 helps students determine what they need to work on most so that they’re ready for college when they graduate from high school—and it supports educators as they guide the way.