The ACT Test: Nebraska

Learn about ACT Now

• Overview (video)
• Accessing In-App Resources (video)
• ACT Now and PearsonAccess ^next Comparison (pdf)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• ACT Now - What's New (web content)
• ACT Now - FAQ's (web content)

Setting up ACT Now

• Setting up Your Contract Quick Start Guide (pdf) 
• Adding Users with Roles (video)
• Creating a User Account (video)
• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video)
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)
• Quick Start Guide to Managing Students in ACT Now (pdf)

Resources:

• Users File - Layout (pdf) 
• Users File Template (csv)
• Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Student Registrations File Template (csv)

Request Accommodations

Accommodations Request Window: September 16, 2024–February 7, 2025

Website: Success.act.org

• How to Create an Account to Request Accommodation through TAA (training tutorial)
• Requesting Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports (web content)

Resources:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the ACT (web content)
• Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) System Supports (web content)
• Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) User Guide (pdf)
• Requesting Accommodations and English Learner Supports Using TAA (video)
• Requesting Reconsideration (TAA User Guide) (pdf)
• Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline (pdf)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)
• Consent to Release Information (pdf)

Training:

• Test Accommodations and English Learner Supports Training (webinar) 
• Test Accommodations and English Learner Supports Training slides (pdf) 

Request Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline

Dates:

Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline Window: February 10–March 21, 2025

Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline Window: March 25–28, 2025

Websites:

• Test Accessibility and Accommodations System (TAA) (success.act.org)

Resources:

• Requesting Reconsideration (TAA User Guide) (pdf)
• Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline (pdf)

Tip: Reconsideration is used if you submitted a request for accommodations that was denied. Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline is for limited reasons as indicated on the form.

Prepare for Testing

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf)
• Technical Readiness Checklist (pdf)
• Test Nav Support (website)
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf)

Tip: If you’re looking for resources about preparing for test day, you’ll find them in ACT Now and TCM training content. Look for a test day checklist, system demos and tutorials, and much more!

Training:

• ACT Paper Administration Training (webinar) 
• ACT Paper Administration webinar Training slides (pdf) 
• ACT Online Administration Training (webinar) 
• ACT Online Administration webinar Training slides (pdf) 

MyACT Resources

Testing Staff:

• MyACT User Guide for Test Coordinators (pdf)

Students:

• Information for Examinees (act.org)
• Taking the ACT (pdf)
• Taking the ACT - Spanish (pdf)
• MyACT Account Setup - State and District Testing (video)
• MyACT Quick Start Guide (pdf)
• MyACT Benefits and Tips for School and Student (pdf)
• Preparing for the ACT Test (pdf)

TCM Resources

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:

• Policies (web content)
• Test Facilities (web content)
• Test Staff (web content)
• Test Materials (web content)
• Test Administration (web content)
• Non-Test Activities (web content)

Room Supervisor Modules:

• Policies (web content)
• Test Facilities (web content)
• Test Staff (web content)
• Test Materials (web content)
• Test Administration (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)
• Paper Testing - Internet Outage Backup Plan (pdf)
  • ACT Now Backup Instructions for Paper Testing - Standard (pdf)
  • ACT Now Backup Instructions for Paper Testing - Accommodations (pdf)
  • ACT Now Backup Instructions for Paper Testing - NCR (pdf)
• Using Test Center Manager (web content) 

Test Day Resources

 Administer Test:

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

Accommodations Resources for Testing Staff:

• ACT Test Translated Directions for English Learners – Online Testing (pdf)
• ACT Test Translated Directions for English Learners (pdf)
• Reader Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribe Agreement (pdf)
• ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)
• ACT Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf)
• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)
• Video American Sign Language Usage Guidelines (pdf)

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

Returning Materials:

• ACT Now Returning Test Materials (video)
• Secure Storage and Transport of Test Materials (pdf)

Resources for Educators

Website: success.act.org

About Online Reporting:

• Score Reporting Schedule (web content) 
• ACT Online Reporting User Supplement (web content) 
• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Contract Reports and Student Reports (video)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Summary Data Tool Resources (video)
• Download Data in Online Reporting - FAQs (web content)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)

About the reports:

• ACT User Handbook for Educators (pdf)
• Sample Score Report - High School (pdf)

Resources for students:

• Understanding Your Scores (act.org)
• Sample Score Report - Student (pdf)
• Using Your ACT Results (pdf)
• Using-Your-ACT-Results-Spanish (pdf)
• Opting in to EOS (act.org)