Ohio schools are now required to give the ACT or SAT to all high school juniors - replacing the Ohio Graduation Test, or OGT, previously given. Before, college-bound students would have to pay and schedule to take the test over the weekend. Now, the state will be paying the $5.25 million dollar tab for each student to take the test once - even those who don't plan to attend college. Lima City School's superintendent says it can pose a problem for those students who weren't planning to continue their education.
"It's a lot of pressure on these students, many who may not have taken an ACT and wouldn't be college bound because historically kids who have taken the ACT have been thinking post-secondary, and we do have a lot of kids who are more workforce oriented and skilled labor oriented, so we will be testing them all and really hoping that they do well on it for their senior year next year," Superintendent Jill Ackerman said.
Lima City Schools' testing was held Tuesday, and they are among the 95 percent of schools in the state who decided to administer the ACT.
