Pre-ID Student Identification Labels

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Pre-ID Student Identification Labels for the 2012–2013 Testing Year

Use of Pre-ID labels improves accuracy of student demographics and reduces administration time. This service is available free of charge. Labels will be produced from a file your district or school provides to ACT. Printed Pre-ID labels will be mailed in a separate shipment from the test materials.

As a result of feedback provided by customers who had difficulty with the Pre-ID process last year, ACT has made the following improvement. ACT staff will now perform the data cleansing (validation) process according to the rules defined in the "File Layout" tab. Please review this information.

If you have any questions regarding ACT rules for validation, please contact ACT Customer Services at the number listed below.

Getting Started:

For EXPLORE®:

For PLAN®:

Included in the Instructions tab of the workbook are detailed instructions to complete the form and email the encrypted Pre-ID file to ACT.

CSV Option

Customers who would like to use a CSV file format will need to provide ACT the CSV Order form and a CSV Student File through a secure connection for each student file and school.

The CSV file template contains all required headings needed for ACT to accurately produce Pre-ID labels. The order of the headings may be changed but the format and spelling may not. The student content provided under each heading is subject to the rules outlined in the CSV Student Data Layout.

CSV users will need to use the secure file transfer tool Partner Connect. This allows for a secure connection to ACT. Customers will need to contact ACT to initiate this process.

For EXPLORE:

For PLAN:

To contact ACT, please call Customer Services at 877.789.2925. Press 2 for College and Career Readiness and then press 3 for assistance with your Pre-ID file.

Look up your PLAN or EXPLORE site code: