Fall 2018 Taking the ACT® Test State Testing and District Testing This information booklet is for all students taking the ACT® test through ACT State or District testing. Keep this booklet for future reference; do not return it to ACT or the school. www.act.org *A01106519A* recognize your strengths and areas where Where to Find it you need to improve, whether you intend What You Need to to go to college or enter the workplace after Checklist for Taking the ACT 2 high school. Know to Take the ACT Calculators 2 Your ACT results can help you begin the General Information career exploration and planning process. It This booklet gives you the information you Completing Your Non-Test is likely that nearly everyone who graduates need to take the ACT. You will complete 9 Information from high school will eventually have to non-test information during a scheduled, continue their education to achieve their supervised session at school before the High School Course/Grade career or life goals. Information 10 test date. On test day, you will record your The ACT includes multiple-choice responses to the tests. Score reports will Student Profile Section 11 tests in English, mathematics, reading, normally be mailed about 3–8 weeks after and science. The tests measure your we receive your test data. Interest Inventory 14 educational development in those areas Receiving and Sending Your and are based on what you have learned— Test Accommodations and they are not aptitude or IQ tests. Scores 28 English Learner Supports If your state or district is administering If you receive test accommodations and/or the ACT with writing, you will also take English learner supports in school as part a writing test, for which you will write of your Individualized Education Program an essay in English. The ACT writing (IEP), a Section 504 Plan, or English learner test measures the writing skills you have program, ask your test coordinator whether Why Take the ACT? acquired in your high school English accommodations or supports have been The ACT® test is a curriculum-based courses. Many colleges use ACT writing requested for you for the ACT. examination that matches well with the test results as a guide for placing incoming education standards in your state. Taking students into first-year composition the ACT can give every student a measure courses. of his or her academic strengths and weaknesses. You can use your results to Checklist for Taking the ACT Before Test Day On Test Day At the Test Site 9 Prepare for the tests by accessing free 9 Report for testing at the time designated 9 Testing begins after all students are practice resources: by your school. You will not be admitted checked in and continues for about 3½ • Preparing for the ACT Test, a booklet to test if you are late. hours for the ACT (no writing) or 4 hours and 15 minutes for the ACT with writing. which can be downloaded from 9 Take the following items with you: A short break is scheduled after the first www.actstudent.org if your school • Acceptable photo identification. does not have a copy two tests. If you are taking the ACT with Unless the testing staff can writing, you will have time after Test 4 • ACT Academy™, a personalized personally recognize you, you will to relax and sharpen your pencils. learning tool and test not be admitted to test without practice program available at acceptable photo identification. 9 Terms and Conditions: apply to all tests (see next page). www.act.org/academy Sharpened, soft lead No. 2 pencils • Do not bring any of the following items Complete non-test information during and good erasers (no mechanical 9 9 into the test room—you can’t use them! the scheduled, in-school session (see pencils or ink pens). instructions beginning on page 9). • Textbooks, foreign language or other • A watch to pace yourself. Your test dictionaries, scratch paper, notes, or If you do not have acceptable photo 9 coordinator will announce when other aids identification and the testing staff 5 minutes remain on each test. do not know you personally, ask a • Highlight pens, colored pens or school official for the ACT Student • A permitted calculator. pencils, or correction fluid/tape Identification Form. • Food and beverages to eat outside • Any electronic device, other than a the test room during break. 9 Review the information about permitted permitted calculator (this includes and prohibited calculators (see your mobile phone, smart watch, Calculators section below). fitness band, media player, iPad, headphones, and camera) Calculators • Reading material The ACT calculator policy is designed to ensure fairness for all examinees, avoid • Tobacco in any form disturbances in the testing room, and protect the security of the test materials. • Prohibited devices • A permitted calculator may be used on the ACT mathematics test only. • It is your responsibility to know whether your calculator is permitted. • For the most current information on the ACT calculator policy, visit www.act.org/ calculator-policy.html or call 800.498.6481 for a recorded message. • If your calculator has characters one inch high or larger, or a raised display, testing staff may seat you where no other examinee can see your calculator. 2 2018–2019 TERMS AND CONDITIONS: TESTING RULES AND POLICIES FOR THE ACT® TEST These Terms and Conditions: Testing Rules and Policies for the ACT® Test (“Terms and Conditions”) are an agreement between the person who will take the ACT® test (“you”) and ACT, Inc. (“ACT”). They apply to every administration of the ACT test except where, and only to the extent that, you are provided with different terms or conditions by ACT, Inc. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. By registering for and/or taking the ACT test, you are agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. By registering for and/or taking the ACT test, you represent and warrant the following to ACT: (1) the information you have provided to ACT is true; (2) you agree to be bound by, and will comply with, these Terms and Conditions and other ACT policies for the ACT test; (3) you will not engage in any prohibited behaviors; (4) you will cooperate with any test security investigation; and (5) you are not working for or on behalf of any test preparation provider(s). If you engage in fraudulent activity in connection with taking the ACT, you agree to pay all damages and expenses incurred as a result, including, but not limited to, ACT’s investigation costs and attorneys’ fees. All references to ”tests” in these Terms and Conditions refer to the test-related documents in paper or electronic form, including test booklets, online test questions, online test responses, or responses marked in answer documents. These Terms and Conditions do not create a third-party beneficiary relationship between ACT and any individual or entity other than you. Contents Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection of Personally Identifying Information ........................................................................................................................ 3 Automatic Score Reporting for Scholarship Purposes* ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Voluntary Voiding of Scores ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Photo Submission Requirement for Registration ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Capturing Images, Video, or Voice Recordings at Test Centers .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Acceptable Identification ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Test Security .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 A. Prohibited Behavior at the Test Center ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 B. Individual Score Reviews .................................................................................................................................................................................................5 C. Compromises/Disruptions in the Testing Process—Limitation of Remedies ..................................................................................................... 5 Arbitration of Disputes with ACT .........................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Retest Restriction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ACT Intellectual Property Rights .........................................................................................................................................................................................................