Changes to the ACT

ACT now offers an online testing option at select locations nationwide. ACT's online testing experience provides students with more choice, flexibility, and accessibility while maintaining the reliable and valid standards of the ACT test.

With this increased flexibility comes the option for students to bring their own device (BYOD), beginning September 2025.

Beginning with the September 2025 test, all students testing on a Saturday (online and paper) will experience the benefits of the shorter test and more time to respond to each question.

Schools and districts will have these options starting in spring 2026.