Take the ACT Online
ACT Online Testing - A New Option for Taking the ACT Test
Embrace the flexibility of choosing a testing format that aligns with your comfort zone and showcases your true potential.
What’s next? Scroll for additional helpful information and FAQs.
What’s staying the same?
Everything you know about the ACT is staying the same whether you test using paper or test on a computer. No matter which way you want to take it, the ACT is still:
A comprehensive college readiness test that includes a STEM score.
Based on your high school curriculum.
An opportunity to qualify for scholarships.
An effective tool to help ensure you are placed in the right classes in college.
The length of the ACT will also be the same regardless of test format. And your score reports aren’t changing either.
What’s changing? It’s simple.
Choice
We're now offering you a choice between testing formats: paper and pencil or online testing. This means you can maximize your performance and confidence by taking the ACT in the way that feels best for you.
Enhanced Accessibility
An online option allows us to provide additional accessibility features, including support for screen reader users, text-to-speech functionality, zoom, and answer masking. These are not "features" for many of our students, but necessities for equal access. By offering an online option, we are able to help more students meet their goals for academic and career success.
What are some advantages of online testing?
The main advantage of online testing is that you have a choice in how you test. There are some additional advantages to taking the online test, too:
- Your testing experience can align with your test prep experience. Many of our test prep options, including free practice exams, offer online components, so sitting down with a computer at a test center on test day will feel similar to preparing at home.
- You may have taken the ACT online as part of school-day testing. If you have, you will experience many similarities if you take the national online test option.
- With online testing, students have already noticed enhancements like seamless pacing, improved efficiency, and streamlined essay writing.
Learn more about the ACT test online in this blog post from ACT CEO Janet Godwin. She writes about how ACT is evolving to meet the needs of our students by providing students with choice, flexibility, and accessibility. Get the scoop on what’s changing, what’s staying the same, and what that means for you.