So I took the "Home State" version of the ACE today, the "Currently Residing In" state version of which I took at the beginning of April. The Home State version was computer-based whereas the Current State version was paper-based, although Home State allows one the option of choosing paper-based.
Paper-based testing requires enormous administrative feats, which ensures that they will only be offered in a limited number of sites at a few times during the year. Taking a computer-based version meant I could go to a testing facility right here in the Shining City where I currently live, choose a date and time convenient for me and (and this is the biggie...) get my "unofficial" results moments after completing the test.
I passed. It's not as momentous as passing the Current State ACE, because I probably already had a job in Home State through the career-changers program I'm participating in, and I wasn't as concerned about it, given I'd already passed a very similar test a couple of months ago, but still, it's good to get that done.
The tests were similar, but with some significantly different emphases... for example, there was only one real stats question on the Home State test, versus probably 8 - 10 on the Current State test. There had to have been 5 or 6 circle/angle (geometry) questions on the Home State test, versus only 1 on the Current State version.
One fairly weird thing... I did a day in a "high needs / at risk" school in Home State, in which I sat in on an Algebra II class and a Geometry class. There were questions on the test relating to both class sessions, which, given that there are 180 days in the school year and only 70 questions on the test, is somewhat surprising. Both were questions I would have struggled with if I hadn't been in the class.
On to the info session in Home State, next week.
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