Houston School District offering free SAT testing in class

Ericka Mellon:

All high school juniors in the Houston Independent School District will have the chance to take the SAT college entrance exam in class for free this April.

Typically, students only can take the SAT on Saturdays or Sundays. HISD officials say the district will be only the third in the country to offer the in-class testing -- which should significantly increase the number of students taking the exam.

Nearly 5,000 of HISD's graduates in 2010 -- less than half -- took the SAT, according to the district. It's likely other students took the ACT exam, which most colleges accept as well, but that number wasn't immediately available for the Class of 2010.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 3, 2011 1:41 AM
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