Request this only if you can test at a regularly scheduled national test center under standard time limits and use either a regular type (10-pt.) or large type (18-pt.) test booklet, but require accommodations due to your disability. All scores achieved through National Testing are reported as "National." No details about any accommodations provided are reported.
Examples include:
- assignment to a wheelchair-accessible room
- large type test booklet
- marking responses in the test booklet
- permission for diabetics to eat snacks
Examples of accommodations for students with hearing impairments include:
- seating near the front of the room to lip-read spoken instructions
- a sign language interpreter (not a relative) to sign spoken instructions (not test items)
- a printed copy of spoken instructions with visual notification of start, time remaining, and stop times
To request this form of testing for the first time, include all of the following information in a written request with your paper registration folder postmarked by the registration deadline:
- Your name, mailing address, and phone number.
- The test option and test date you marked in Block M on your registration folder.
- The name, city, state, and 6-digit code for each of the test center choices you marked in Block N.
- Explain your disability and clearly state the accommodations you are requesting with enough detail so we can make arrangements with the test center.
- Enclose written documentation from your school describing in detail the accommodations you normally receive in school.
- The name and phone number of a school official familiar with your current test accommodations.
If you do not submit your request with a completed registration folder postmarked by the registration deadline for your test date, the test center will not be required to provide accommodations for you on test day.
If you are re-registering and want to test again with the same previously approved accommodations, you may re-register through your student Web account or by calling 319/337-1270.
Because advance arrangements are necessary, students trying to test standby cannot request accommodations.
If necessary, ACT will contact you or your high school for additional information. If accommodations are approved, ACT will make arrangements for you with the test center. Note: In order to provide the approved accommodations, ACT may not be able to assign you to your preferred test center.