Oklahoma school districts to get choice between ACT, SAT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's state school superintendent said every public school district will be able to choose between the ACT and the SAT college entrance exams for high school juniors this spring.

"Access to the ACT and SAT opens up an on-ramp to post-secondary education for all Oklahoma public school students, many of whom might not otherwise consider college to be a possibility," Hofmeister said.

The state's new academic standards and overhaul of the A-F school accountability system are designed with a greater emphasis on college and career readiness, as well as closing academic achievement gaps to help minority and low-income students.