PreACT 8/9: Kansas
Important Dates
Your Schedule of Events (coming soon) contains all dates and deadlines for your test event. Check it frequently to ensure you're on track for a successful administration.
Spring Test Dates:
- Testing Window: September 30 - November 8, 2024
- Material Ordering Window: (coming soon)
- Answer Document Return Deadline: (coming soon)
In order to gather information on a student’s progress from the taking of the PreACT to the ACT, KSDE requests that the students include their Student State Identification on the top of the answer document in the field provided. Test Coordinators should notify testing staff of this request.
Learn About Test Formats and Policies
Resources:
- What's New (pdf)
- Navigating the PreACT Assessment Knowledge Hub (web content)
- PreACT 8/9 Getting Started (web content)
- PreACT 8/9 FAQs (web content)
- Test Coordinator Checklist (pdf)
Select Test Staff
Resources:
- Staff Requirements, Roles, and Responsibilities (web content) (select the Test Staff section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
Order Test Materials
Dates:
(coming soon)
Website:
Resources:
Tip: Orders are 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. Also be sure to select the appropriate organization in CCRIS.
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.
Learn about Accessibility Supports
Resources:
- PreACT 8/9 Accessibility Supports Guide (web content)
Arrange for Accommodations and/or English Learner (EL) Supports
Resources:
- Testing with Accessibility Supports (web content) (select the Policies section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
Tip: Administering PreACT 8/9 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.
Prepare Your Facility, Staff, and Test Materials
Resources:
- Test Facilities (web content) (select the Test Facilities section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
- Test Staff (web content) (select the Test Staff section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
- Test Materials (web content) (select the Test Materials section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
- Test Administration (web content) (select the Test Administration section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
Training:
- PreACT 8/9 Training (During Testing) (video)
- PreACT Implementation Training (webinar) (coming soon)
- PreACT Implementation Training slide deck (pdf) (coming soon)
Tip: Hold a training session with all testing staff (new and experienced) before test day. Suggested topics to cover during the training session are in your administration manual.
Complete Non-Test Activities
Resources:
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.
Tip: Plan 60 minutes to complete the examinee information sections prior to administering the subject tests.
Tip: Mark accommodation code on the answer folder for any examinee receiving accommodations.
Administer the Test
Dates:
September 30 - November 8, 2024
Resources:
Administration Manuals
- PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual (web content)
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 Translated Directions for English Learners (web content)
- 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)
Return Test Materials
Dates:
Standard Time and Accommodations Testing Materials Receipt Deadline: (coming soon)
Resources:
- Preparing, Packing, and Returning Materials (web content) (select the Test Materials section of PreACT 8/9 Administration Manual)
Tip: Test coordinators should verify completeness and accuracy of materials received from room supervisors before returning answer documents to ACT. Check that all Test Administration Forms are filled out and 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 any test booklets or 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.
Access and Understand Score Reports
Resources:
- PreACT Assessments Sample Reports (web content)
- PreACT Online Reporting Crosswalk (pdf)
- ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
- Using Your PreACT 8/9 Results (web content)
- Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (web content)
- What is the report format of the PreACT Assessments (web content)
- PreACT 8/9 Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (web content)
- 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. - Foundations of ACT and PreACT 8/9 - KSDE (webinar)
- Extended the Conversations about PreACT 8/9 - KSDE (webinar)
Training: