PreACT: North Carolina

• Address Change Request Form (coming soon)
• PreACT Online Testing System Check Survey (coming soon)

Learn about ACT Now

• What's New (web content)
• Overview (video)
• Accessing In-App Resources (video)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• Comparison of Administration Platforms (pdf)
• ACT Now FAQ (web content) 

Set Up ACT Now

Invite or Manage Organizations in ACT Now:

• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video) 
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video)

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)

Manage Accommodations

Understand Accommodations:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the PreACT (web content) (coming soon)

Assign Accommodations:

• Quick Start Guide - Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf) (coming soon)
• PreACT - Pre-Event Uploading and Assigning Student Accommodations (video)
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv) (coming soon)

Prepare Students for Testing with Accommodations:

• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf) 
• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries List (pdf) (coming soon)

Prepare for Testing 

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf) (coming soon)
• Technical Readiness Checklist for Technical Coordinators (pdf) (coming soon)
• Test Nav Support (website) 
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf) 
• PreACT Administration Training (webinar) (coming soon)
• PreACT Test Backup Instructions (pdf)

Training:

• Pre-Test PreACT Training (webinar) (coming soon)
• Pre-Test PreACT Training (pdf) (coming soon)

Prepare Students for Testing

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document (pdf) 

Tip: A copy of the Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document resource is printed and shipped with each paper answer document. Examinees testing with online testing will receive their instructions for completing the test in the online administration platform, TestNav.

Access ACT Now Policy Modules

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:

• Test Coordinator Module: Policies (web content) 
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Facilities (web content) 
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Staff (web content) 

Room Supervisor Modules:

• Room Supervisor Module: Policies (web content) 
• Room Supervisor Module: Test Facilities (web content) 
• Room Supervisor Module: Test Staff (web content) (coming soon)

Set Up 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 Test Backup Instructions (pdf)
• Using Test Center Manager (TCM web page, login) (coming soon)

Administer Test 

• Administration Supplement (pdf)
• Test Day Checklist (pdf) 
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf) (coming soon)
• Calculator Policy (pdf) 
• Irregularities: Room Supervisor/Test Coordinator Modules (web content) (coming soon)

Administer Test with Accommodations

• PreACT Translated Directions (pdf) (coming soon)
• Sign Language Interpreter’s Agreement (pdf) (coming soon)
• Reader’s Agreement (pdf) (coming soon)
• Scribe's Agreement (pdf) (coming soon)
• Pre-recorded Audio Guidelines (coming soon)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf) (coming soon)

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

• Secure Storage and Transport Test Materials (coming soon)
• Packing Materials for Return in a Box Infographic (coming soon)

Access Online Reporting

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)

Understand Reports

• Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (pdf)
• PreACT Online Reporting Crosswalk (pdf)
• PreACT Download Hub Data File Layout (xlsx)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Summary Data Tool Resources (video)
• Sample Score Report (coming soon)

Help Students Access and Understand Reports

• Understanding Your Scores (web content)
• PreACT Individual Student Report - Sample (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (pdf)
• Sample Student Report (coming soon)