PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure School and District Testing

Learn about ACT Now

• PreACT Assessments Overview (video)
• Overview (video)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• Comparison of Administration Platforms (pdf)
• What's New for PreACT Secure (web content)
• Updates for Your Test Administration Experience - February 2026 (pdf)
• Schedule Flexibility Policy (pdf)

Set Up ACT Now

Invite or Manage Organizations in ACT Now:

• Setting up Your Contract Quick Start Guide (pdf)
  Tip for success: The Local Organization Code is the Unique ID for the organization, usually issued by a state or district. If you do not have a local org code, you may use your ACT Org code in this field or another unique identifier for your school.
• Checklist for Contract Coordinators (pdf)
• Adding Organizations to an Administration (video)
• Adding Organization (video)
• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video) 
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)
• Organizational Master File Layout (pdf)
• Organizations Master File Template (csv)
• Inviting Organizations to an Administrations Layout (pdf)
• Invite Organizations File Template (csv)

Add Users with Roles to ACT Now:

• Adding Users with Roles (video)
• Creating a User Account (video)
• Users File - Layout (pdf) 
• Users File Template (csv)

Manage Your Students:

• Quick Start Guide to Managing Students in ACT Now (pdf)
• Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Student Registrations File Template (csv)

Manage Accommodations

Understand Accommodations:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the PreACT (web content)

Assign Accommodations:

• Quick Start Guide - Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf)
• PreACT - Pre-Event Uploading and Assigning Student Accommodations (video)
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions and Guidelines (pdf)

Prepare Students for Testing with Accommodations:

• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)
• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries List (pdf)
• ACT Calculator Policy (pdf)

Prepare for Testing 

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf)
• Technical Readiness Checklist for Technical Coordinators (pdf)
• Technical Readiness (webinar)
• Technical Readiness Training slides (pdf)
• TestNav Support (website)
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf) 

Prepare Students for Testing

• Information for Examinees (act.org)
• Instructions for Completing Your Answer document (pdf)
• Taking PreACT Secure (pdf)
• PreACT Secure Practice Test Scoring Guide (pdf)
• PreACT 9 Secure Practice Test Scoring Guide (pdf)
• Preparing for the PreACT Secure Test Taken Online (pdf)
• Preparing for the PreACT Secure Test (web content)
• Preparing for the PreACT 9 Secure Test (web content)
• Preparing for PreACT 9 Secure (pdf) 
• Order Form Alternate Format Practice Tests (pdf) 

TCM Resources

Tip: All ACT Polices need to be thoroughly read and agreed to in TCM, accessed through ACT Now. If you are serving as your site's Test Coordinator and Room Supervisor, you only need to agree to the training modules for the Test Coordinator. The information found in the Room Supervisor modules are captured in the Test Coordinator Modules.

Test Coordinator Modules:

• Policies (web content)
• Test Facilities (web content)
• Test Staff (web content)
• Test Materials (web content)
• Test Administration (web content)
• Non-Test Activities (web content)

Room Supervisor Modules:

• Policies (web content)
• Test Facilities (web content)
• Test Staff (web content)
• Test Materials (web content)
• Test Administration (web content)

 Set Up Test Center Manager (TCM):

• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator (video) 
• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator (simulation) 
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor (video) 
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor (simulation) 
• Internet Outage Checklist - Paper Testing with ACT Now and TCM (pdf)
• PreACT 9 Secure Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf) 
• PreACT Secure Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf)
• Using Test Center Manager (web content) 

Administer Test 

• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Paper (video)
• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Online (video)
• Test Day Checklist (pdf) 
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf)
• Manage Breaks as Needed (pdf)
• PreACT Secure-Printable Task Cards for Online Testing (pdf)
• PreACT 9 Secure-Printable Task Cards for Online Testing (pdf)
• Printable Test Administration Manual (pdf) 

Administer Test with Accommodations

• PreACT Secure Translated Directions (pdf) 
• Reader Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribe Agreement (pdf)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)
• PreACT Secure Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf)
• PreACT Secure Spoken Instructions - Online (pdf)
• Personal Aide Guidelines (pdf)

Tip: If you're looking for resources, manuals, test forms, and other test administration resources, you'll find them in ACT Now and TCM training content. Look for a test day checklist, polices and tutorials, and much more!

Return Test Materials

• After Test Day Checklist (pdf)
• Returning Paper and Online Test Materials (video)
• Secure Storage and Transport of Test Materials (pdf)

Resources for Educators

• Access Scores without a Claim Code in MyACT-Test Coordinator (pdf)

Access Online Reporting

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)

Understand Reports

• PreACT Secure Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (pdf) 
• PreACT Secure Download Hub Data File Layout (xlsx)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)

Resources for Students

• Access Scores without a Claim Code in MyACT-Student (pdf)

Help Students Access and Understand Reports

• PreACT 10 Secure Student Report (pdf)
• PreACT 9 Secure Student Report - Sample (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Secure Results (pdf) 
• Using Your PreACT Secure Results - Spanish (pdf) 

• ACT Now
  
  • Log into ACT Now to manage your test administration
• Success.act.org
  • Access Online Reporting
• ACT System Status page

• Phone: 877.789.2925, option 2
• Email: preact@act.org

Note: For important dates and deadlines, please refer to the Schedule of Events.