New grant offered free ACT testing across Montana

More than 3,100 high school juniors across Montana had the opportunity to take the ACT Plus Writing test Tuesday at no cost, thanks to a new partnership between the Office of Public Instruction and the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education.

In 2011, Montana GEAR UP http://mus.edu/gearup/ — Gain Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program — located within the commissioner’s office received a seven-year $28 million GEAR UP grant.

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