PreACT: Florida

Resources:

• Test Coordinator Checklist (pdf)
• Testing Policies and Information (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)

Select Test Staff

Resources:

• Staff Requirements, Roles, and Responsibilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• How To Select Your Testing Staff (self-guided tutorial)

(coming soon)

• College and Career Readiness Information System (CCRIS)

Resources:

• PreACT Ordering Instructions (web content)

Tip: Orders will be placed through the CCRIS online ordering system. You may access the system through an existing CCRIS account or by creating a new account.

Tip: Select the correct contract (program) from the Choose Program dropdown menu in CCRIS. Selecting the incorrect contract will affect your reporting and invoicing.

Tip: Order your test materials three to four weeks before your test date. This will allow time for delivery and check-in of your test materials and time for your students to complete the examinee information prior to testing.

Tip: Order one PreACT Test Material Package for each student that will test. ACT will include an overage in each order.

Resources:

• PreACT - Accessibility Supports Guide (web content)

Resources:

• Testing with Accessibility Supports (pdf)
• Reader Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribe Agreement (pdf)

Tip: Administering PreACT with accommodations or English learner supports does not require prior approval from ACT. You will order alternate format test materials or materials for English learners at the same time you order your PreACT Test Material Packages.

Resources:

• Test Facilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• Test Staff (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• Test Materials (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• Test Administration (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)

Training:

• PreACT Administration Training (webinar) (coming soon)
• PreACT Administration Training deck slides (webinar slides) (coming soon)

Tip: Remember to hold a training session with all testing staff (new and experienced) before test day. This is required and is separate from the briefing session that happens on test day. Suggested topics to cover during the training session are in your administration manual.

Resources:

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Folder (pdf)

Tip: When entering name and address on the answer document (blocks B and P-S), be sure examinees:

• Start with the first box and first column in block
• Fill in the appropriate oval for each letter in addition to printing them in the boxes.
• Fill in only one oval per column

Tip: Make sure examinees properly enter the form code into the Test Form block on their answer documents. This is essential to the answer documents being scored properly.

Prepare Your Students

• Preparing Students for PreACT and PreACT 8/9 (video)

Test Window — standard time and accommodations and/or supports: October 25, 2024 - April 25, 2025

Resources:

Administration Manuals

• PreACT Administration Manual (pdf)
• Information for Examinees (act.org)

Tip: PreACT and PreACT 8/9 have transitioned from delivering pre-recorded audio on a USB to a secure URL. The online administration manual has been updated to reflect this change.

Supplements

• Calculator Policy (pdf)
• ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries List (pdf)
• PreACT Assessments-Reader's Agreement (pdf)
• PreACT Assessments-Scribe's Agreement (pdf)
• PreACT Assessments-Sign Language Interpreter's Agreement (pdf)
• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)
• PreACT Translated Directions for English Learners (web content)

 Standard time and accommodations testing materials receipt deadline: (coming soon)

Resources:

• Preparing, Packing, and Returning Materials (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)

Tip: Test coordinators should verify completeness and accuracy of materials received from room supervisors before returning answer documents to ACT. Check that the test form code is properly gridded on each answer document.

Tip: Return the answer documents for all testing (standard, accommodations, or make-up) in the same shipment. Do not return unused answer documents (or any other unused PreACT test materials).

Tip: The polymailer envelopes include prepaid FedEx return shipping labels already affixed. You may leave the packed polymailer envelopes in a secure FedEx pick-up area at your site or FedEx drop-off site. Do not leave your packed polymailer envelopes in an unsupervised pick or drop-off site. Two options are available for return:

1. Schedule a FedEx pickup for materials return.
2. Drop off materials at a staffed FedEx location. Please obtain a receipt for tracking purposes.

Dates:

See your Score Report Schedule for release dates.

Resources:

• Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (pdf)
• PreACT Online Reporting Crosswalk (pdf)
• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (pdf)
• PreACT Student Report - Sample (pdf)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)
• PreACT Download hub data file layout (xlsx)
  Tip: Starting with the release of Online Reporting for PreACT assessments, the file that was historically received on a CD will be available for download through the Download Hub within Online Reporting. The file will be a CSV format. The new Download Hub file layout is represented in columns A through D. Columns E-G provide the starting and ending position from the old CD file layout.

Training:

• How to Use Online Reporting for PreACT (video)
• On Demand PreACT and PreACT 8/9 - Using Your Results (webinar) 
• PreACT and PreACT 8/9 - Using Your Results training slides (pdf)