>Part of the country? Wow, that has changed. In the 60s it was real clear - state schools ACT private schools SAT - no variation or deviation. Depending on which one you were going to the other was a waste of time.

Early '70s for me and living here in the east, never even heard of the ACT. SAT and what where then called Achievement Tests (now called SAT II).

For my kids about a decade ago, we knew about the ACT, but we didn't consider anything other than the SAT.

Tamar