PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure

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• What's New PreACT 9 Secure (web content) (coming soon) | What's New PreACT Secure (web content) (coming soon)
  • Schedule Flexibility (pdf)
    Tip: Only refer to schedule options that include science.
• ACT Now Overview (video)
• Overview of User Roles (video)
• User Roles: Building a Test Administration Team (pdf) Illinois follows Scenario #1 on page 3.
• Create an ACT Now Account (video)
• Before Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf) 
• Illinois Test and Policy Comparison (pdf)

Setting up ACT Now

• Confirming Organizations' Participation Status (video) 
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)
  Note: The Illinois School Board of Education will upload all students into ACT Now. Districts and schools must ensure students are assigned to a test event.
• Address Change Request Form (webform)

File Upload Resources:

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

Manage Your Students:

• Managing Students (pdf) 
  Note: Even though you will be able to edit student information, districts and schools must ensure student information is correct in the Student Information System (SIS). 

Manage Accommodations 

Resources:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the PreACT Secure Suite (web content)
• Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf)
• Pre-Event Uploading and Assigning Student Accommodations (video) 
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv) 

Technical Coordinator Resources for Online Testing

Resources:

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf) 
• Technical Readiness Checklist (pdf)
• TestNav Support (website)

Prepare Students for Testing

Note: Science is not optional for Illinois state testing.

• Getting Ready for Online Testing in TestNav (pdf)
• Taking PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure (pdf)
• Preparing for PreACT Secure (web content) | Preparing for PreACT 9 Secure (web content)
• PreACT Secure Practice Test Scoring Guide (pdf) | PreACT 9 Secure Practice Test Scoring Guide (pdf)
• Practice Tests for Examinees Using Accommodations (act.org)
• Order Form Alternate Format Practice Tests (pdf) 

How to Access and Complete Training Modules in TCM

• TCM Module Access Overview (video)

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 Staff (web content)
• Test Day: Before Examinees Arrive (web content)
• Test Day: Administration (web content)
• Testing with Accommodations and Supports (web content)

Set Up Test Center Manager (TCM):

• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Paper (video)
  • Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Paper (simulation)
• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Online (video)
  • Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Online (simulation)
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Paper (video)
  • Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Paper (simulation)
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Online (video)
  • Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Online (simulation)
• TCM Training Resources (web content)

Test Day Resources

 Administering the Test:

• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Paper (video)
• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Online (video)
• Test Staff Training slides (pptx)
• Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf) 
• Test Day Checklist for Room Supervisors (pdf) 
• After Test Day Checklist (pdf)

Printable Test Day Resources:

• Printable Test Administration Manual for Test Coordinators (pdf)
  
• Printable Test Administration Manual for Room Supervisors and Proctors (pdf)
  
• PreACT Secure Printable Task Cards for Online Testing | PreACT 9 Secure Printable Task Cards Online Testing (pdf)
• Paper Testing - Internet Outage Checklist (pdf)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf)  | PreACT Secure Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf)
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf)
• ACT Calculator Policy (pdf)

 Accommodations Resources for Testing Staff

• PreACT Secure Suite Translated Directions for English Learners (pdf) 
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)
• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)
• Testing Staff Agreements (pdf)
• Manage Stop-the-Clock Breaks(pdf)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions and Guidelines (pdf)
• PreACT Secure Suite Spoken Instructions - Online (pdf) 
• PreACT Secure Suite Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf) 
• Video American Sign Language Usage Guidelines (pdf)

Returning Materials

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

Resources for Educators

Website: success.act.org

About Online Reporting:

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)
• Online Reporting: Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video)
• Summary Data Reports (videos)
• PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure DLH Layout (xlsx)

About the Reports:

• PreACT Secure Suite Interpretive Guide for Students and Aggregate Reports (pdf)
• Downloading HSRs or ISRs as Individual PDFs (pdf)

Resources for Students:

• Using Your PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Results (pdf) 
• Using Your PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Results - Spanish (pdf) 
• PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) | PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)

Access to Scores:

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

Translated Student Reports:

PreACT 9 Secure

• Arabic: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 
• French: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 
• Pilipino (Tagalog): PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) 
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)
• Polish: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 
• Russian: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) 
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)
• Mandarin (Chinese): PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) (coming soon)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) (coming soon)
• Gujarati: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) (coming soon)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) (coming soon)
• Spanish: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) (coming soon)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) (coming soon)
• Ukrainian: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)
• Urdu: PreACT 9 Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) 
  • PreACT 9 Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 

PreACT Secure

• Arabic: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 
• French: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 
• Pilipino (Tagalog): PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) 
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)
• Polish: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)
• Russian: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) 
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 
• Mandarin (Chinese): PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) (coming soon)
  •  PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) (coming soon)
• Gujarati: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) (coming soon)
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) (coming soon)
• Spanish: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) (coming soon)
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) (coming soon)
• Ukrainian: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf)
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf)
• Urdu: PreACT Secure Translated Student Report (pdf) 
  • PreACT Secure Sample Score Report (pdf) 

• ACT Now
  • Log in to ACT Now to confirm participation and set up for testing.
• Success.act.org
  • Access Online Reporting
• High School Assessment (ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, PreACT 9 Secure)
• ACT System Status 

• ACT phone: 855.730.0400 Option 3 for the PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Assessments.
• ACT email: preact@act.org
• January – May Hours of Operation 6:30am – 6pm CST
• Regular Hours 8:30am – 5pm CST
• ISBE phone: 866.317.6034
• ISBE email: assessment@isbe.net

• Illinois Spring 2027 Office Hours 
• PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Pre-Test Webinar - January 13, 2027
• PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Pre-Test Webinar slides (pdf) (coming soon)
• PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Test Day Webinar - February 5, 2027 
• PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure Test Day Webinar slides (pdf) (coming soon)
• Technical Readiness Webinar - February 10, 2027
• Technical Readiness Webinar slides (pdf) (coming soon)