Everything you need to know about the ACT test, including registration, test prep, scores and more!
ACT Solutions for College and Career Readiness
What's New at ACT?
Quality resources and personalized recommendations to help you choose what's right for your child.
Qualified candidates can earn ACT certifications in ACT-Fundamentals and all ACT test subject areas.
Give Meaning to Test Scores and Set the Bar for Excellence
ACT Solutions for College and Career Readiness begin with our Holistic Framework, and include Readiness Standards and Benchmarks.
You're More than a Score. We're More than a Test.
It’s a fact that more than 1.8 million graduates have taken the ACT® each year—making us the leading US college admissions testing company. But there are so many more ways that our products and services can help you find your path.
Solutions for Students and Parents
ACT can help you plan your future, prepare for college and career, and achieve success.
Identifies critical attitudes and behaviors, grades 6 through college, that contribute to future success.
Measures what students learn in high school to determine academic readiness for college.
ACT provides numerous resources, for a wide variety of budgets and delivery preferences.
A comprehensive program that aligns, builds and certifies skills needed for workplace success.
Plan for Success After High School
Class of 2018
The actual cost of college, what to look for in your financial aid package, comparing college offers, and more!
Class of 2019
The importance of college visits and steps you can take to get the most out of them.
Class of 2020
Things you can do now, like beefing up your support network and maximizing your extracurricular activities.
Solutions for K-12 Educators and Administrators
ACT helps you track student progress and prepare them for success through high school and beyond.
The first computer-based longitudinal assessment system for college and career readiness.
Short practice for the ACT test. Reporting offers a full view of student college and career readiness.
The next generation solution for comprehensive, reliable Social and Emotional skill assessment.
Provides you with the data necessary to position students for success after high school.
Solutions for Higher Education Professionals
ACT solutions can help you find, attract, place, and retain students at your school.
The ACT test provides excellent information to help you recruit, advise, and retain students.
Programs that provide measures of student abilities, interests, needs, and enrollment preferences.
Identifies critical attitudes and behaviors, grades 6 through college, that contribute to future success.
Gives students a first step toward career success and helps you prepare them for life beyond school.
Solutions for Workforce
ACT Workforce Solutions help job seekers, employees, and business leaders achieve career and business goals.
Build and measure your workplace skills to increase opportunities for career changes and advancement.
WorkKeys assessments and skill profiles can help you pinpoint the skills needed to grow your business.
Gives students a first step toward career success and helps you prepare them for life beyond school.
Helping counties, states, and regions throughout the nation build a more productive workforce.
ACT Releases STEM Report 2017
STEM Education in the U.S.: Where We Are and What We Can Do
ACT’s annual STEM reports provide essential national data on student interest and achievement in STEM subjects.
We're committed to sharing useful information with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform their efforts to improve individuals’ education and workplace success. Learn more about STEM 2017.
Opportunity and Achievement for All
ACT Center for Equity in Learning
The ACT Center for Equity in Learning (CEL) supports research that focuses on closing gaps in equity and achievement.Our goal is to produce actionable evidence to guide thought leadership, and inform changes in policy and practice, that will lead to improved learning and achievement.
Share Your Road - A Special Project of the CEL
Everyone has a story about how they got to where they are today - and every story holds lessons. Learn more about the partnership and community being developed where professionals can share their stories of college and career success, and students can be inspired to rise above and achieve all they’ve dreamed of!
Research, Development, and Business Innovation
ACTNext
Comprised of leaders working on innovative solutions that advance individuals throughout their lifetime, the ACTNext™ research team focuses on four key areas:
- Computational Psychometrics
- Learning Experiences
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Multi-modal analytics
- Innovative Assessments
Webinar: Comprehensive Assessment Planning
April 10 or April 24
Join us for a 60-minute webinar that will demonstrate the value of a "connected" assessment system to increase the readiness of your students both academically and in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).
PreACT Reports: Developing Insights and Making Connections
April 24 or May 3
This one-hour webinar will introduce the PreACT reports and help counselors, teachers, and administrators know how to use the available data to reflect on instruction, intervene with individual students, and help students begin their college and career planning process.
Webinar: Assessments That Help Every Student Succeed
Thursday, April 26
State and district policymakers are invited to learn more about using the ACT as their federal accountability assessment in high school to satisfy Every Student Succeeds Act requirements while providing students with a college-reportable score.
ACT Enrollment Management Summit
July 18-20, 2018 - Call for Proposals Now Open!
Make your plans to join us in Denver for this premier professional development and networking event.