PreACT and PreACT 8/9 on ACT Now

Learn about ACT Now

• PreACT Assessments Overview (video)
• Overview (video)
• Accessing In-App Resources (video)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• Comparison between CCRIS and ACT Now (pdf)
• ACT Now What's New (web content) 
• ACT Now - FAQ's (web content)
  Tip: To receive materials for paper testing, you'll need to upload students, assign them to test events, and add accommodations, if applicable. Additional materials orders are automatically generated when you assign a test event to a student.

Set Up ACT Now

Invite or Manage Organizations in ACT Now:

• Adding Organizations to Your Contract Quick Start Guide (pdf) 
  Tip for success: The Local Organization Code is the Unique ID for the organization, usually issued by a state or district. If you do not have a local org code, you may use your ACT Org code in this field or another unique identifier for your school.
• Adding Organizations to an Administration (video)
• Adding Organization (video)
• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video) 
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)
• Organization Master File Layout (pdf)
• Organization Master File Template (csv) 
• Inviting Organizations to an Administrations Layout (pdf)
• Invite Organizations File Template (csv)

Add Users with Roles to ACT Now:

• Adding Users with Roles (video)
• Creating a User Account (video)
• Users File - Layout (pdf) 
• Users File Template (csv)

Manage Your Students:

• Managing Student Information Quick Start Guide (pdf) 
• Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Student Registrations File Template (csv)

Manage Accommodations

Understand Accommodations:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the PreACT (web content)

Assign Accommodations:

• Quick Start Guide - Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf)
• PreACT - Pre-Event Uploading and Assigning Student Accommodations (video)
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf)
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv)

Prepare Students for Testing with Accommodations:

• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)
• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries List (pdf)

Prepare for Testing 

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf)
• Technical Readiness Checklist for Technical Coordinators (pdf)
• How To Select Your Testing Staff (self-guided tutorial)
• Test Nav Support (website)
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf) 

Training:

• Pre-Test PreACT Training (webinar)
• Pre-Test PreACT Training (pdf)

Prepare Students for Testing

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document (pdf)

Tip: A copy of the Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document resource is printed and shipped with each paper answer document. Examinees testing with online testing will receive their instructions for completing the test in the online administration platform, TestNav.

Access ACT Now Policy Modules

• Read Through ACT Policy Modules (pdf)

Tip: All ACT Polices need to be thoroughly read and agreed to in TCM, accessed through ACT Now. If you are serving as your site's Test Coordinator and Room Supervisor, you only need to agree to the training modules for the Test Coordinator. The information found in the Room Supervisor modules are captured in the Test Coordinator Modules.

Test Coordinator Modules:

• Test Coordinator Module: Policies (web content)
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Facilities (web content)
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Staff (web content)

Room Supervisor Modules:

• Room Supervisor Module: Policies (web content)
• Room Supervisor Module: Test Facilities (web content)
• Room Supervisor Module: Test Staff (web content)

Set Up Test Center Manager (TCM):

• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator (video)
• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator (simulation)
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor (video) 
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor (simulation)
• Internet Outage Checklist - Paper Testing with ACT Now and TCM (pdf)
• ACT Now Backup Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf) 
• Using Test Center Manager (web content)

Administer Test

• Test Day Checklist (pdf)
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf)
• Calculator Policy (pdf)

Training:

• Post-Test PreACT Training (webinar)
• Post-Test PreACT Training (pdf)

Administer Test with Accommodations

• PreACT Translated Directions (pdf)
• Readers Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribes Agreement (pdf)
• Pre-recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)

Tip: If you're looking for resources, manuals, test forms, and other test administration resources, you'll find them in ACT Now and TCM training content. Look for a test day checklist, polices and tutorials, and much more!

Return Test Materials

• Returning Paper and Online Test Materials (video)

Access Online Reporting

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)

Understand Reports:

• Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (pdf)
• PreACT Online Reporting – Guide to Reports (pdf)
• PreACT Download Hub Data File Layout (xlsx)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Summary Data Tool Resources (video)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)

Help Students Access and Understand Reports

• Understanding Your Scores (web content)
• PreACT Individual Student Report - Sample (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (pdf)

Tip: For students testing online, the “High School Course Plans Compared to Core” and “Education and Career Journey” sections of the Student Report will be blank. Examinees may complete an interest inventory through the Encourage for Student app, however the student data is not connected to their reports in ACT.