PreACT: North Carolina

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

Learn about ACT Now

• What's New (web content)
  • Schedule Flexibility (pdf) (coming soon)
• ACT Now Overview (video) 
  Tip: This video shows the ACT District logo; however, the content for district testing applies to state testing.
• Overview of User Roles (video) 
• User Roles: Building a Test Administration Team (pdf) 
• Create an ACT Now Account (video) 
• Before Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf) (coming soon)
• Introduction - ACT Now/TCM Sandbox Environment (pdf) 
• ACT Now/TCM Sandbox login
• ACT Now-PreACT-Frequently Asked Questions (web content) 
  Tip: The contract coordinator role does not apply to district or school test coordinators.

Setting up ACT Now

• Adding Users with Roles (video) 
• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video) 
• Managing Students (pdf) 
  Tip: Entering a Manual Paper Order on page 6 does not apply to North Carolina.
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video) 

File Upload Resources:

• Users Invitation File Layout (pdf) 
• Users Invitation File Template (csv)
• Students Registration File Layout (pdf)
• Student Registrations File Template (csv)

Manage Accommodations

Resources:

• PreACT Accessibility Supports Guide for the ACT (web content) (coming soon)
  • Using the Accessibility Supports Guide (video) (coming soon)
• Assigning Student Accommodations and Supports (pdf) 
• Assigning Student Accommodations and Supports (video) 
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) (coming soon)
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv) (coming soon)

Technical Coordinator Resources for Online Testing 

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

Prepare Students for Testing

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document (pdf) 
• Practice Tests for Examinees Using Accommodations (act.org) (coming soon)
• Preparing for Tests Taken Online in TestNav (pdf) (Coming soon)

How to Access and Complete Training Modules in TCM

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.

• TCM Module Access Overview (video)

Test Coordinator Modules:

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

Room Supervisor Modules:

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

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) 
    Tip: Seating charts are not required for PreACT testing, disregard seating charts while closing a test event.
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Paper (video) 
  • Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Paper (simulation) (coming soon)
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Online (video) 
  • Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Online (simulation) (coming soon)
    
• TCM User Resources (web content)
  Tip: This resource contains links to one-page instructional PDFs and short videos or the Test coordinator and Room Supervisor for setting up and managing: testing staff, students, and virtual rooms within TCM before and on test day. 

Test Day Resources

Administer Test: 

• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Paper (video) 
• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Online (video) 
• Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf) (coming soon)
• Test Day Checklist for Room Supervisors (pdf) (coming soon)
• After Test Day Checklist (pdf) (coming soon)

Printable Test Day Resources:

• Printable Test Administration Manual - Test Coordinator (pdf) (coming soon)
• Room Supervisor and Proctor Manual (pdf) (coming soon)
• Printable Task Cards for Online Testing (pdf) coming soon)
• Paper Testing - Internet Outage Checklist (pdf) 
  • PreACT Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf) coming soon)
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf) 
• Calculator Policy (pdf) 

Accommodations Resources for Testing Staff:

• PreACT Translated Directions (pdf) 
• Manage Stop-the-Clock Breaks (pdf) 
• Testing Staff Agreements - Accommodations Supports Roles (pdf)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions and Guidelines (pdf) 
• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries List (pdf) 
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf) 
• PreACT Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf) (coming soon)
• PreACT Spoken Instructions - Online (pdf) (coming soon)
• Pre-recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)

Returning Materials

• Returning Test Material (video) 
  Tip: Regarding the audit message in this video, if Test Security determines that a visit is required to a North Carolina school, ACT Test Security will follow all of the agreed upon requirements to visit the school (including 24 hours notification to the school).
• Secure Storage and Transport Test Materials (pdf) (coming soon)

Resources for Educators:

Website: success.act.org

• Access scores without a claim code in MyACT - Test Coordinator (pdf) (coming soon)

About Online Reporting:

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf) 
• PreACT Online Reporting - Guide to Reports (pdf)
  Tip: My Summary Results and Local Quartile are not available for NC State Testing.
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf) 
• PreACT Download Hub Data File Layout (xlsx) (coming soon)
• Online Reporting: Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video) 
• ACT Online Reporting State and District Summary Data Tool Resources (video) 

Resources for Students:

• Access Scores without a claim code in MyACT - Student (pdf) 
• Understanding Your Scores (web content) (coming soon)
• PreACT Student Sample Report (pdf)
  Tip: The "Your High School Course Plans Compared to Core" and "Your Education and Career Journey" sections do not apply to NC state testing.
• Using Your PreACT Results (pdf) 
• Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (pdf)