In an effort to have more students go to college, all high school juniors in North Carolina will now be required to take the ACT college entrance exam starting in March, and the results will be paired with the ACT's college readiness test administered to 10th graders in the state.

The state will pay for the test to be administered to all high school juniors in the state, but students looking to take the test again during their senior year will be responsible for paying for the test.

"Until now, taking the SAT or the ACT was voluntary," said Lloyd Scott, director of admissions at Appalachian State University. "The state wanted an assessment and a college prep tool that they could give to all high school juniors to determine their college readiness, and they picked the ACT to do that."

Scott said that other states have also required students to take the ACT, which improved college readiness in the state's schools.

College readiness is also the focus of Somonauk High School and Waubonsee Community College in Illinois. The Chicago Sun-Times reported two two educational entities will create courses to prevent students from having to take remedial classes in college.

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