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Resources

• Spring 2025 ACT/PreACT Secure Assessment Correction and Scores Review Procedures (Posted 05/15/2025)
• ACT Communications Index (Emails & Webinars) (Updated 07/09/2025)
• Spring 2025 ACT/PreACT Secure Pre-ID Guidance​ (Updated 03/31/2025)

ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, PreACT 9 Secure

• Participation Status for Invited Schools (Updated 04/15/2025)
• Schedule of Events (SOE) for ACT with Writing
• Schedule of Events (SOE) for PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure
• MyACT Account Flyer
  Creating a MyACT account is optional for students. This flyer will be mailed to schools along with copies of Taking the ACT Test .
  
  • Taking the ACT Test (Spanish version)
• MyACT Alternate Account Creation Supplement
  Please note: The Score Submission Form referenced in this supplement cannot be used until a student’s test has been scored. The "Student Code" needed to use the score submission form is accessible from ACT Now​. Open the "Students" section and click the "Reports" tab. Then generate "Student Non-test information."
  

Assessment Correction and Score Review

• Correction and Score Review Procedures for ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, PreACT 9 Secure
• Assessment Enrollment Verification Report

Spring 2025 ACT Updates

• April 11, 2025, 4:34 PM email from ACT State Testing Regarding Options to Complete Accountability Assessment
  
  • FAQ Regarding ACT Vouchers for June and July (Deadline to Request Vouchers: April 25, 2025)
  • Steps to “Re-register” a Student Test
  • Steps to “Resume” a Student Test
• April 8, 2025, 3:15 PM email from ACT State Testing Regarding Completing the April 8 test event
• April 8, 2025, 10:28 AM email from ACT State Testing Regarding Logging in to TCM​
  

Overview and General Information

• Welcome to ACT: An Overview​
• ACT FAQ (June 7, 2024)
  

Trainings and Webinars​

• 2024-25 ACT Overview
• Webinar: ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, and PreACT 9 Secure Data – Understanding Student Roster Reports and School and District Data
  Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Intended Audience: Staff responsible for reviewing student data and reports.
• Description: This webinar will cover the process of logging in to the ACT Online Reporting System and selecting the data reports that best meet your needs. Reports demonstrated will include school and district student roster reports with ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure (grade 10), and PreACT 9 Secure (grade 9) test data. School and district ACT Composite scores, Subject test scores, and additional data reports will also be included to help begin data conversations.
• ​Now Available On Demand: ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, and PreACT 9 Secure Data – Understanding Student Roster Reports and School and District Data
• Webinar: The ACT Online Reporting System
  Thursday, March 6, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Intended Audience: Staff responsible for reviewing student data and reports.
• Description: This one-hour webinar will introduce staff in Illinois to the ACT Online Reporting System. It is here that staff will access individual student and school- and district-level data. For those who want to know what the system looks like and how it operates, this webinar will provide that preview. In addition to how the system works, participants will have the opportunity to see sample data for ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure (grade 10), and PreACT 9 Secure (grade 9).
• Now Available On Demand: The ACT Online Reporting System
• PreACT 9 Secure & PreACT Secure Test Day Webinar
  Thursday, February 6, 2025, 3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
• Intended Audience: Test Coordinators
• Description: Join ACT to learn about how to administer the PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure online. This session covers how to navigate to Test Center Manager (TCM) from ACT Now and how to complete required activities for test day. Additionally, we will walk through what test day will look like using TCM.
• Now Available On Demand: PreACT 9 Secure & PreACT Secure Test Day Webinar
• Technical Readiness Webinar
  Thursday, January 30, 2025, 3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
• Intended Audience: Test Coordinators, Technical Coordinators
• Description: Join ACT to learn about how to prepare to administer the ACT with Writing, PreACT 9 Secure, and PreACT Secure online. This session will cover technological requirements for testing online, how to download the latest version of TestNav and how to complete the tech readiness event prior to testing.
• Now Available On Demand: Technical Readiness Webinar
• PreACT 9 Secure & PreACT Secure Pre-Test Webinar
  Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 3:30pm – 5:00pm CT
• Intended Audience: Test Coordinators, Technical Coordinators
• Description: Join ACT to learn about how to prepare to administer the PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure online. This session covers important tasks and deadlines and how to navigate ACT Now. We will also cover technical readiness requirements to ensure you have the latest version of TestNav and are ready for test day.
• Now Available On Demand: PreACT 9 Secure & PreACT Secure Pre-Test Webinar
• The ACT with Writing Test Day Webinar
  Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
• Intended Audience: Test Coordinators, Room Supervisors, Proctors
• Description: Join ACT to learn about how to prepare to administer the ACT with Writing. The focus of this webinar is on how to navigate and complete required tasks in Test Center Manager (TCM). This session will provide training related to accessing TCM from the ACT Now platform, how to create rooms and submit irregularities.
• ​Now Available On Demand: The ACT with Writing Test Day Webinar
• The ACT with Writing Pre-Test Webinar
  Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
• Intended Audience: Test Coordinators
• Description: Join ACT to learn about how to complete pre-test administration tasks and prepare to administer the ACT with Writing. This session will provide training related to how to get started with and navigate ACT Now as well as walk through all required tasks that must be completed prior to test day. We will also answer general questions related to the ACT Now platform and provide an introduction to Test Center Manager (TCM).
• Now Available On Demand: The ACT with Writing Pre-Test Webinar
• The ACT with Writing Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports Webinar
  Thursday, October 17, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
• Intended Audience: Staff responsible for submitting and managing accommodations and EL supports requests. (Test Accommodations Coordinators - TAC)
• Description: Join ACT to learn about administering the statewide ACT with Writing with accommodations and EL supports. This session will provide training related to the Test Accessibility and Accommodations System (TAA) and requesting accommodations/EL supports for the ACT with Writing. We will also answer general questions related to accommodations and EL supports.
• ​Now Available On Demand: The ACT with Writing Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports Webinar

Accommodations and Accessibility Supports

• Options for Students Eligible for Accommodations and/or English Learner Supports for the ACT with Writing (Posted 03/06/2025)
• ACT Accommodations Office Hours-Register Now!​​​​
  

Practice Resources

PreACT Secure Resources-Grade 10

• PreACT Secure Online Practice Test
  IMPORTANT: Click on “Practice Tests" once you have navigated to the TestNav sign on page. No log in credentials are needed. Notes: (1) The first 2 sections provide a “Main Overview" and “Content Overview" followed by the practice test in section 3. (2) The scoring guide provides directions for which items to include when computing the scale score from 1-35. 
  
• PreACT Secure Practice Test Scoring Guide 
  
• Preparing for PreACT Secure
  This resource contains test-taking strategies and tips, what to expect on test day, and information about test sections.
• Preparing for the PreACT Secure Test Taken Online
  This resource contains instructions for taking online, multiple-choice practice tests and highlights features and navigation of TestNav, the secure web application in which students will take the practice and actual tests.
• Preparing for PreACT Secure (web content) 

PreACT 9 Secure Resources-Grade 9

• PreACT 9 Secure Online Practice Test
  IMPORTANT: Click on “Practice Tests" once you have navigated to the TestNav sign on page. No log in credentials are needed. Notes: (1) The first 2 sections provide a “Main Overview" and “Content Overview" followed by the practice test in section 3. (2) The scoring guide provides directions for which items to include when computing the scale score from 1-32.
• PreACT 9 Secure Practice Test Scoring Guide
  
• Preparing for PreACT 9 Secure
  This resource contains test-taking strategies and tips, what to expect on test day, and information about test sections.
  

Data and Reporting Resources

• ACT Data Office Hours-Starting in April
• ACT Technical Manual (dated January 2024)​
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