The leader of a DeWitt County school district says she isn't thrilled about the change in the standardized test for college bound students.

The State of Illinois went away from the ACT tests for their students and have moved to the SAT. Susan Wilson is the Superintendent of the Blue Ridge school district and she feels the timing of the switch is less than ideal.

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The significance of the ACT was being able to track how their students were doing year to year, and Wilson says resetting all those statistics will not give them a point of reference.

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Blue Ridge is one of the testing sites for the state and according to Wilson, this was something they were hearing was going to happen early on. For Wilson and their guidance counselor, they notified students that were eligible for the test to get registered to take it. She s indicates those steps have paid off.

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Wilson is in her sixth year as the Superintendent of Blue Ridge, and she feels continued changes like the ACT switch and the budget and all the issues that come with the State of Illinois are just the norm for. She says other Superintendents say this isn't the norm. She says it is very frustrating to always be dealing with something that is not funded or something that is changing.