The future is exceptionally bright for those who have the opportunity to perform at their best by applying their full measure of talents. Effective teachers and sustained academic efforts by students beginning at the earliest grades lead to incremental achievements that provide an unshakable foundation on which education and career success is built. ACT’s expansion into the early elementary grades with our next generation of assessments shows evidence of this shift. Through ACT Aspire™, our goal is to help people experience success from their earliest grades in school through the prime years of their careers.
In this issue
Welcome to the New ACT
So what is new? We’re building on our successes so we can help millions more people build on theirs. Essentially, we are improving ourselves so we can help students and adults improve their lives.
New Digital Assessment System Connects Elementary Through High School Achievement
Anchored by the ACT Test, ACT Aspire will be the first digital, longitudinal assessment system to fully connect student performance from elementary grades through high school.
New ACT Strategy to Help Millions
The United States is in danger of losing its competitive position in the world economy. The media report that too many high school graduates are unprepared for college and careers...
New ACT Initiatives Aim to Better Prepare Students for College and Career
College and career readiness remains a significant problem in the United States with 60 percent of 2012 ACT-tested high school graduates at risk.
Latest Research Report Details Enrollment Management Trends
A new ACT report offers college administrators insights into their current enrollment management practices and effective strategies for improvement.
Illinois Company Saves Money Using ACT Workkeys
Berner Food & Beverage credits ACT WorkKeys and the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) for helping get the right people in the right jobs...
“Everyone Wants a Good Job”
Helping workers find good jobs was one of the key messages delivered by thought leaders at Workforce 2012: ACT’s National Workforce Development Conference.
Right Skills Now Helps Fix Worker Shortage
“Employers have complained for many years about the lack of skilled workers, and Right Skills Now provides a path way to end that complaint.”
States Skill Up With Certified Work Ready Communities Initiative
Workers want good jobs, and employers want skilled workers. A new ACT national effort is helping participating states meet both demands.
Community Groups and Businesses Prepare for Tomorrow’s Workforce Now
Regional and community organizations from across the country are joining forces with ACT to help improve the American workforce.
West Virginia, Wyoming Help Workers With National Career Readiness Certificate
These two states are among the many across the country that have turned to ACT WorkKeys® and the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) to help job seekers validate their workplace skills and help companies find qualified employees to fill positions.
ACT KeyTrain and Career Ready 101 Give Single Mom a New Lease on LIfe
“Jessica came to me in tears. Her marriage had ended, and she needed help getting her life organized,” said Lofstrom. “She was raising her children by herself..."
Spotlight on ACT Clients
“The MassMutual scholarship has opened many doors for me throughout my college career. It allowed me to achieve my goal of studying abroad this past summer in Spain..."
Global Assessment Certificate Program Responds to Korean Students’ Needs
As Korean students’ interest in overseas study rises, a Seoul-based center that offers the Global Assessment Certificate™ (GAC) is responding accordingly.
ACT Officials Travel To China
...where they met with ACT Education Solutions Limited (AES) staff at the Shanghai office.
Free Learning Events Provide Insights on College and Career Readiness
Free learning events from ACT can help secondary and postsecondary educators and administrators around the country improve students’ college and career readiness.