The ACT Test: Publications

For Educators

Your Guide to the ACT: An overview of the ACT for educators (24 pages, 276KB)
College and Career Readiness System at a Glance: A brief overview of the College and Career Readiness System (2 pages, 106KB)
Why Take the ACT? – Counselor version: (2 pages, 141KB)
National Online Registration Brochure: (4 pages, 638KB)
National Test Dates 2011-13: (1 page, 32KB)
International Online Registration Brochure: (4 pages, 277KB)
International Test Dates 2011-13: (1 page, 24KB)
ACT Sample Test Booklet Order Form: (1 page, 100KB)
Fee Waiver Eligibility Requirements and Procedures: (1 page, 34KB)
2010–2011 User Handbook: (56 pages, 962KB)
2011–2012 User Handbook: (49 pages, 794KB)
Using ACT Scores in Admission and Placement Decisions: An Update: (8 pages, 377KB)
Procedures for Investigating Testing Irregularities and Questioned Test Scores: (16 pages, 162KB)
The ACT Interest Inventory and the World-of-Work Map: (12 pages, 131KB)
Order Form for ACT High School Electronic Score Reporting: (1 page, 19KB)
Technical manuals for the ACT, the Writing Test, and the UNIACT

ACT Assessment Writing Test: What High Schools Need to Know: (8 pages, 782KB)
Introducing the ACT Assessment Writing Test: (8 pages, 1,192KB)
Developing the ACT Assessment Writing Test: (14 pages, 818KB)
Educator's Guide to the ACT Writing Test: (62 pages, 5,954KB)

Preparing for the ACT (80 pages, 1,075KB) Preparación para el examen de ACT (86 pages, 1.18MB): Includes valuable information about the ACT and a complete practice test with scoring key
Using Your ACT Results (16 pages, 475KB) Uso de tus resultados ACT (16 pages, 475KB): Provides information to help students understand and use their ACT scores for college and career planning
Why Take the ACT?: (2 pages, 92KB)
ACT Additional Score Report (ASR) Request Form: (1 page, 29KB)
ACT Extended Time National Testing: (6 pages, 78KB)
Request for ACT Special Testing: (6 pages, 66KB)
Request for ACT Arranged Testing: (4 pages, 49KB)