ACT Now: North Carolina
Tips for Success
- Use the training content in ACT Now to access test administration resources and walk-through test administration preparation activities.
- Dates and deadlines for your test administration are found in the Important Dates section of this website.
- Watch for emails from ACT with important reminders. Add our email address to your contacts to prevent emails from going to spam/junk folders. Whitelist email addresses from @act.org and @operations.act.org.
Important Dates
Your Schedule of Events (web content) contains all dates and deadlines for your test event. Check it frequently to ensure you're on track for a successful administration.
Test Dates
Test Event 1:
- Standard Time Paper: March 11, 2025
- Accommodations Paper: March 11-14, 2025 and March 17-21, 2025
- Standard Time and Accommodations Online: March 11-14, 2025 and March 17-21, 2025
Test Event 2:
- Standard Time Paper: March 25, 2025
- Test Window 2: Accommodations Paper: March 25-28, 2025 and March 31 - April 4, 2025
- Test Window 2: Standard Time and Accommodations Online: March 25-28, 2025 and March 31 - April 4, 2025
Test Event 3:
- Standard Time Paper: April 8, 2025
- Accommodations Paper: April 8-11, 2025 and April 14-18, 2025
- Standard Time and Accommodations Online: April 8-11, 2025 and April 14-18, 2025
- What's New (web content)
- Address Change Request Form (webform)
- ACT Online Technical Readiness Survey (webform)
Learn about ACT Now
- Overview (video)
- Accessing In-App Resources (video)
- Glossary of Terms (pdf)
- User Role Matrix (pdf)
- ACT Now and Test Center Manager Tutorial (video)
- Comparison of Administration Platforms (pdf)
Setting up ACT Now
Invite or Manage Organizations in ACT Now
- Confirm Organization Participation Status (video)
- Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)
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 download)
Manage Your Students
- Quick Start Guide to Managing Students in ACT Now (pdf)
- Students File - Layout (pdf)
Tip: NC schools must leave the Gender field blank and enter MC for Multiple Choice testing. - Student Registrations File Template (csv)
Manage Accommodations
Understanding Accommodations
Assigning Accommodations
- Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) User Guide (pdf)
- Requesting Accommodations and English Learner Supports Using TAA (Video)
- How to Create an Account to Request Accommodation through TAA (training tutorial)
- Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline (pdf)
- Consent to Release Information (pdf)
- Requesting Accommodations and English Learner Supports (web content)
Prepare Students for Testing with Accommodations
- Alternate Format Practice Tests Order Form (pdf)
- Pre-recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf) (coming soon)
Tip: References to information found in test administration manuals will be located in Test Center Manager (TCM). - Video American Sign Language Usage Guidelines (pdf)
- Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (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)
- Test Nav Support (website)
- Before Test Day Checklist (pdf)
- MyACT User Guide for Test Coordinators (pdf) (coming soon)
- MyACT Resources for Success (pdf)
Training:
- ACT Test Administration Training – Paper (webinar)
- ACT Test Administration Training Slides – Paper (pdf)
- ACT Test Administration Training – Paper Q&A (xlsx)
- ACT Test Administration Training – Online (webinar)
- ACT Test Administration Training Slides – Online (pdf)
- ACT Test Administration Training – Online Q&A (xlsx)
- Test Accommodations and English Learner Supports Training (webinar)
- Test Accommodations and English Learner Supports Training Slides (pdf)
- Test Accommodations and English Learner Supports Training Q&A (xlsx)
Prepare Students for Testing
- Information for Examinees (act.org)
- Preparing for the ACT Test Taken in TestNav (pdf)
- MyACT User Guide for Students (pdf) (coming soon)
- MyACT - Setup Account and How to Use Your Student Code (video)
- Letter for North Carolina Junior Examinee (pdf)
- Letter for North Carolina Junior Examinees-Spanish (pdf)
- Taking the ACT (pdf)
- Taking the ACT - Spanish (pdf)
Access ACT Now Policy Modules
Test Coordinator Modules:
- Policies (web content)
- Test Facilities (web content)
- Test Staff (web content)
- Test Materials (web content) (coming soon)
- Test Administration (web content) (coming soon)
- Non-Test Activities (web content)
Tip: NC schools do not follow Verbal Instructions for Answer Document Demographics on the task cards. Follow the paper administration supplement.
Room Supervisor Modules:
- Policies (web content)
- Test Facilities (web content)
- Test Staff (web content)
- Test Materials (web content) (coming soon)
- Test Administration (web content) (coming soon)
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 - Standard (pdf)
- ACT Now Backup Instructions for Paper Testing - Accommodations (pdf)
- ACT Now Backup Instructions for Paper Testing - NCR (pdf)
- Create a Test Room (pdf)
- Using Test Center Manager (web content)
Tip: This resource contains links to one-page instructional PDFs and short videos for the Test Coordinator and Room Supervisor for setting up and managing: testing staff, students, and virtual rooms within TCM before and on test day.
Administer Tests
- Administration Supplement (pdf) (coming soon)
- Test Day Checklist (pdf)
- ACT Calculator Policy (pdf)
- Turn Off Device Poster (pdf)
Administer Tests with Accommodations
- 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)
Returning Materials
Access Online Reporting
- 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)
Understanding Reports
Help Students Access and Understand Reports
- Sample Score Report - Student - NC (pdf)
- Using Your ACT Results (pdf)
- MyACT Understanding Your Score Report (act.org)
Resources for Students
- Sample Score Report - Student - NC (pdf)
- Sample Student Report – Student – NC (pdf)