State Services
Intended Users
State Departments of Education, State Boards of Education, legislators, school districts, and administrators
Purpose/Description
Statewide adoption of one or more key ACT assessment products.
Those products include components of ACT’s College and Career Readiness System (EXPLORE®, PLAN®, the ACT® test, ENGAGE™, WorkKeys® and QualityCore®).
Volume/Number of Users
View which states are using which products.- More than 20 different states are providing a total of 43 ACT products at a statewide level.
- Five states (Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Utah) are funding all three college readiness programs—EXPLORE, PLAN and the ACT—to administer to students.
Additional Facts
- Adopting all or part of ACT's College and Career Readiness System on a statewide basis provides significant advantages for educational and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation.
- Examples of how statewide adoption of ACT assessments is making a positive difference

