One of the well known exams many seniors in the United States of America have to write in order to graduate and to enroll into a university is called the ACT. The ACT examination is a college entrance examination. The ACT consists of four sections: grammar, critical reading, mathematics, and science.
In Suriname all the ACT exams are proctored at the AlphaMax Academy. In June 2009 six students of the Academy took the ACT for the first time. The result showed that they all did exceedingly well. Vincent Hilversum, who has previously got a perfect score on the TOEFL, achieved the best score of the group -31. Vincent was not the only one with such a high score, Zikomo Mahango also got creditable score of 27. Stephan Playfair scored 23, Daniel Lee 22, Michelle Partoredjo 21, Sabrina Vaseur 18.
The highest score you can get on the ACT is a 36 and the average score is 18. Since our students did so well on their first attempt we expect them to do even better when they do the ACT later.
Khabir King
