Standardized Testing
List of schools that are test optional
ACT
Information for day of the test
College Board Exams (SAT, SAT Subject Tests, APs)
PSAT Information
How to link PSAT scores to Khan Academy to receive free study guides
SAT Subject Tests (SAT II) - discontinued
SAT Related Coronavirus Updates
AP
District Policy for Advanced Placement Examinations:
The Great Neck Public Schools believe that an Advanced Placement exam is a culminating experience which follows a year of college-level work in an AP class which has College Board approval for both its curriculum and instructor. Therefore, the Great Neck Public Schools will only register students for AP exams for which they have been enrolled in a corresponding AP course in their respective high schools.
This practice of requiring students to complete a year of college-level work in a College Board certified course of study before Great Neck will administer an Advanced Placement exam has been in place for more than a decade. Exceptions are extremely rare and have been approved only when truly extenuating circumstances exist; exceptions are NOT granted simply because a student has taken an exam preparation course outside of the District. Only the College Board may approve a school, its instructors, and its programs of study, and, should an outside school meet these standards, it would be in a position to administer the AP examination.
Requests for exceptions to this practice must be made in writing to Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Schools Dr. Stephen Lando by September 30th. Enrollment in review courses (exclusive of enrollment in a corresponding Great Neck Advanced Placement course) is undertaken without the expectation of AP exam registration in the Great Neck Public Schools.
TOEFL
Article: The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test
Duolingo English Proficiency Test - an alternate for the TOEFL exam - please check with your colleges to verify it is accepted in lieu of the TOEFL
Fairtest
National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest.org)
Khan Academy
Official SAT Practice (KhanAcademy)
ACT and Kaplan Online Test Prep Live
ACT and Kaplan Test Prep Partner on an Innovative Live Teaching Program: ACT and Kaplan Test Prep bring you the new ACT Kaplan Online Test Prep Live-- a virtual classroom experience that delivers all the benefits of ACT Online Prep, plus interactive teaching experience, including:
- Engaging instruction and interactive help delivered in real-time by expert instructors, who will be available for support outside classroom hours.
- Live learning experiences at a competitive price. The program will be available at no cost for students who register for the ACT test using a fee waiver.
- Recorded sessions available on demand. The live and recorded sessions will be available on any device to provide students maximum flexibility.
- Real questions and sample materials from previous ACT tests to help students gain confidence and get comfortable with the format before test day.
Click here to access the announcement and to learn more information.
Local Prep Courses
Great Neck Public Schools Community Education offers SAT and ACT prep courses. Click here for more information.
Great Neck Public Library offers SAT and ACT prep courses. Click here for more information.