Shawnee Mission Northwest High School - Lair Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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Maximum Performance a .ft4:.f.,1.f.1.1.1tvs.-1..,.....,...,,-.Q-.-es:-1 1-1-.W-1-1,1-1-. .. . .. .. . . .. -s..,1.1+..M.1.f.aw. I lphabet oup The abbreviations for these tests could affect your whole life ' f .. Test after test after test is what many students found a high school education to be. You would study words then take a testg read a book, then take a test. The tests never seemed to come to an end. But standardized tests such as the PSAT. SAT, and ACT test, were one-chance tests that could reflect upon the future of the student. The tests were taken by most students, because almost all colleges required one or more of the standardized test scores for entrance into the university. The PSAT test was usually the first test taken during the junior year. The scores from the PSAT tests were sent to colleges and, depending on the scores, certain col- THE IDEA OF HAVING a book for everying seemed to be everywhere, even with stan- dardized tests. At any time you could walk into a bookstore and find rows of books on TGSTIVIQ- -photo by Marc Parillo AS TEST TIME came around, many stu- dents rushed to get testing entrance forms mailed in on time. As the entrance deadline nears, Jill Hamill completes her application forms. - photo by Greg Gloshen 24 Academics leges would send information to specific high school students. The ACT and the SAT tests could be taken anytime throughout the high school years. They were often used on college applications that required scores from cer- tain standardized tests. There were many ways of preparing for the tests. Each student that signed up to take one of the tests received a test book- let which had a sample test to study from. Books of all sorts had been written, com- puter programs had been made, and often teachers would spend time in class going over this type of test offering help to stu- dents. before or after school. to prepare for the tests. Before I took the PSAT this year, I stud- ied the student bulletin they gave me wher I signed up for the test, and I also lookec over the PSAT that I took last year anc studied my mistakes, Kristin Hruby said. On the other hand, some students didn' study for the standardized tests at al because they thought that the studying would not help their performance on the tests. l didn't feel that studying could help me because what l learn I remember lf I didn' know it then, l wouldn't know it on the test, Lisa Doten said. -Lora Smith WHEN STUDYING FOR standardized tests many students come up with all kinds o' study techniques. In preparing for the T test, Shawn Terrell uses an IBM SAT ' PVOQVHTTT- - photo by Greg ff .

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WN' 26 Academics AFTER SCHOOL WORK can sometimes help a student catch up on his or her project. Jason Reece glues on the floor of his model With 3 hot glue gun. -photo by Marc Parillo