PreACT: North Carolina

• Address Change Request Form (web form) (coming soon)
• PreACT Online Technical Readiness Survey (web form) (coming soon)

Learn about ACT Now

• What's New (web content) (coming soon)
• Overview (video) (coming soon)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf) (coming soon)
• User Role Matrix (pdf) (coming soon)
• Comparison of Administration Programs (pdf) (coming soon)
• ACT Now FAQ (web content)  (coming soon)
  Tip: Manual paper ordering does not apply to NC state testing.
• Introduction - ACT Now/TCM Sandbox Environment (pdf) (coming soon)

Set Up ACT Now

Invite or Manage Organizations in ACT Now:

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

Add Users with Roles to ACT Now:

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

Manage Your Students

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

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) (coming soon)
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) (coming soon)
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv) (coming soon)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions and Guidelines (pdf) (coming soon)

Prepare Students for Testing with Accommodations:

• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf) (coming soon)
• 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)
• TestNav Support (website) (coming soon)
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf) (coming soon)
  

Prepare Students for Testing

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document (pdf) (coming soon)

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.

TCM Resources

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) (coming soon)
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Facilities (web content) (coming soon)
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Staff (web content) (coming soon)
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Materials (web content) (coming soon)
• Test Coordinator Module: Test Administration (web content) (coming soon)
• Test Coordinator Module: Non-Test Activities (web content) (coming soon)

Room Supervisor Modules:

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

Set up Test Center Manager (TCM):

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

Administer Test 

• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Paper (video) (coming soon)
• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Online (video) (coming soon)
• Administration Supplement - Paper Testing (pdf) (coming soon)
• Administration Supplement - Online Testing (pdf) (coming soon)
• Test Day Checklist (pdf) (coming soon)
• Manage Breaks as Needed (pdf) (coming soon)
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf) (coming soon)
• Calculator Policy (pdf) (coming soon)
• Printable Test Administration Manual (pdf) (coming soon)
• Printable Task Cards for Online Testing (pdf) (coming soon)
  

Administer Test with Accommodations

• PreACT Translated Directions (pdf) (coming soon)
• Reader Agreement (pdf) (coming soon)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf) (coming soon)
• Scribe Agreement (pdf) (coming soon)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf) (coming soon)
• PreACT Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf) (coming soon)
  
• PreACT Spoken Instructions - Online (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!

Tip: Electronic signatures are permitted for the Sign Language Interpreter’s Agreements, Reader's Agreements, and Scribe's Agreements

Return Test Materials

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

Access Online Reporting

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf) (coming soon)

Understand Reports

• Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (pdf) (coming soon)
  PreACT Online Reporting Crosswalk (pdf) (coming soon)
• PreACT Download Hub Data File Layout (xlsx) (coming soon)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video) (coming soon)
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Summary Data Tool Resources (video) (coming soon)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf) (coming soon)
• Downloading HSRs or ISRs as Individual PDFs (pdf) (coming soon)

Help Students Access and Understand Reports

• Using Your PreACT Results (pdf) (coming soon)
• Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (pdf) (coming soon)
• Sample Score Report - NC (pdf) (coming soon)