BFHS administers standardized tests as required by the Wisconsin Student Assessment System. Standardized tests include:

• ACT (Juniors)
• PreACT Secure (Freshman and Sophomores)
• Civics Exam (Graduation requirement)
• Wisconsin Forward Exam (Sophomores)
• Access (ELL Students from all grades)

BFHS also administers the following optional standardized tests:

• ACT District Fall Testing
• PSAT/NSMQT (Sophomores and Juniors)
• AP Test

ACT

• Statewide assessment required of all juniors
• Used for the same purposes as any other ACT, namely college or technical college admission and scholarship acquisition
• Sign-up is automatic and managed by the State and BFHS
• Given on March 7th, 2023
• If a student desires to take additional ACT exams he or she must sign up on his or her own with ACT
  
  • For assistance with this please email Mrs. Sheppard at slsheppard@bigfoot.12.wi.us
• Optional District testing for ALL students is available in early October of each year and provides students with another opportunity for a reportable score. 

PreACT Secure

• Early high school [9th & 10th grade] summative test
• Predicts student performance on the ACT
• Administered completely online 
• Sign-up is automatic and managed by the State and BFHS
• Scheduled testing for students is March 28, 2023
  
  • Some students may be tested March 28 - 31, 2023

Civics Exam

• All students must pass the Civics exam with 70 or better 
• Required for graduation
• Student complete this required exam through their required Social Studies coursework

Wisconsin Forward Exam

• Statewide assessment required of all sophomores
• Designed to gauge how well students are doing in relation to the Wisconsin Academic Standards
• Only tests Social Studies
• Administered completely online [except in rare special circumstances]
• Given during the course of a normal school day April 3- April 7, 2023

ACCESS

• Statewide assessment required for all English Learners
• Designed to assess English proficiency and progress
• Given during the course of a normal school day the first week of December
• Administered completely online [except in rare special circumstances]

Advanced Placement 

• Designed  to measure how well you've mastered the content and skills of a specific AP course
• Scores of 3 or higher on an AP course, may result in credits at the post-secondary level 
• Given during the course of a normal school day May 1 - May 12, 2023

PSAT/NMSQT

• Optional national test for sophomores and juniors
• Designed to determine how college and career ready students are
• Given during the course of a normal school day 
• Students who score in the 98-99% percentile are eligible to compete the National Merit Scholarship

For more information on any of these assessments visit The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction or Stacie Sheppard at slsheppard@bigfoot.k12.wi.us