Request this only if you can test at a regularly scheduled test center and use either a standard (10-pt.) or large type (18-pt.) test booklet, but require up to 50% more time due to your professionally diagnosed and documented disability.
If approved, you will be allowed up to five hours total (including breaks between tests) for the multiple-choice tests. If you are taking the Writing Test, you will be allowed 5 hours and 45 minutes total. Students approved for extended time national testing must pace themselves through each test in order to complete all tests within the time allowed.
To request this type of testing for the first time, you and a school official must complete and sign a copy of the Application for ACT Extended Time National Testing. The application explains the eligibility criteria, documentation requirements, and how to request a test date change or
Your completed Application for ACT Extended Time National Testing and required documentation must be returned with your paper registration folder postmarked by the registration deadline. If you are approved for extended time national testing, you will be notified on your admission ticket and assigned to an extended time room (usually with 10 or fewer examinees). If you are not approved, you will be notified in writing and assigned to a room with standard time limits.
If you are selecting this form of testing for the first time, you must register by paper folder (not on the Web), so that you can provide your current documentation.
The registration folder, your extended time application, and fee payment must be mailed together and be postmarked by the registration deadline for your preferred test date. If you do not submit your request and all required documentation with your registration folder by that deadline, the test center will not be required to assign you to an extended time room on test day.
Because advance arrangements are necessary, students requiring extended time cannot test as standbys.
If necessary, ACT will contact you or your high school for additional information. If extended time is approved, ACT will then make arrangements for you. In order to provide the approved accommodations, ACT may not be able to assign you to your preferred test center.
See the testing comparison chart to review the requirements and features of Extended Time National Testing and Special Testing.