Learn about ACT Now

• Overview (video)
• Get Started (video)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• What's New for PreACT Secure (web content)
• Schedule Flexibility Policy (pdf)

Set Up ACT Now

Training:

• Confirming Organizations' Participation Status (video) 
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)
  

Adding Users with Roles to ACT Now:

• Add Users with Roles (video)
• Creating a New Account (video)
• Layout Requirements–CSV Format: Users Invitation File (pdf) 
• Users Invitation File Template (csv)

Manage Student Information:

• Managing Student Information Quick Start Guide (pdf) 
  

Manage Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports

Understanding Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for PreACT Secure Products (web content)

Assigning Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports:

• PreACT Secure Products–Assigning Student Accommodations Quick Start Guide (pdf) 
• PreACT Secure Products–Assigning Student Accommodations (video) 
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv) 

Preparing Students for Testing with Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports:

• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions and Guidelines (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)
• Set Up and Use TestNav (website)
• Before Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf) 

Webinars:

• PreACT Secure Pre-Test (webinar) (coming soon)
• PreACT Secure Pre-Test slides (pdf) (coming soon)

Prepare Students for Testing

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

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)

Room Supervisor Modules:

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

Setting 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)
• Paper Testing Checklist: Internet Outage (pdf)
• ACT Now Back–Up Instructions–Accommodations and EL Supports and Paper Testing (pdf) 
• Using Test Center Manager (web content) 

Administer the 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)
• ACT Calculator Policy (pdf)
• Printable Task Cards for Online Testing (pdf) 

Webinars: 

• PreACT Secure Test Day (webinar) (coming soon)
• PreACT Secure Test Day slides (pdf) (coming soon)

Administer the Test with Accommodations with Accommodations or English Learner (EL) Supports

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

Access Online Reporting

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)
• Downloading HSRs or ISRs as Individual PDFs (pdf)

Understand Reports

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

Help Students Access and Understand Reports

• Understanding Your Scores (web content)
• PreACT 10 Secure Student Report (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Secure Results (pdf) 
• Using Your PreACT Secure Results - Spanish (pdf)