More of Effingham County’s high school seniors took the ACT this year than last year, the county’s SAT scores improved slightly on two of the test’s three sections, and a higher number of students took Advanced Placement tests, according to a report presented Wednesday to the Effingham County Board of Education. Judith Shuman, Effingham County Schools’ student and professional learning coordinator for grades 6-12, told the board that an increasing number of the county’s students are finding the ACT a better fit than the SAT as their college admissions test. The number of students taking the ACT jumped from 147 in 2011 to 261 this year.