The Fall ACT Test: South Carolina

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• What's New (web content)
  • Schedule Flexibility (pdf)
• ACT Now Overview (video)
• 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)
• ACT Frequently Asked Questions (web content)

Setting up ACT Now

• Manage Organizations (pdf)
• Adding Users with Roles (video)
• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video)
• Managing Students (pdf)
• 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 Registration File Template (csv)

Request Accommodations

Accommodations Request Window: Test Event 1: May 11–August 19, 2026

Accommodations Request Window: Test Event 2: May 11–September 2, 2026

Accommodations Request Window: Test Event 3: May 11–September 16, 2026

Website: Success.act.org

Resources:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the ACT (web content)
  • Using the Accessibility Supports Guide (video)
• Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) User Guide (pdf)
• Requesting Accommodations Using TAA (video)
• English Learner Documentation Comparison (video)
• EL Supports Documentation Requirements (pdf)
• Requesting Accommodations and English Learner (EL) Supports (web content)
• Consent to Release Information (pdf)

Request Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline

Dates:

Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline Window: September 17– October 23, 2026

Website: Success.act.org

Resources:

• Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline (pdf)
• Requesting Reconsideration (TAA User Guide) (pdf)

Technical Coordinator Resources for Online Testing

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

MyACT Resources

Testing Staff:

• MyACT User Guide for Test Coordinators (pdf)

Students:

• MyACT User Guide for Students (pdf)

Prepare Students for Testing

• Preparing for the ACT Test (pdf) 
• Preparing for the ACT Test - Spanish (pdf)
• Information for Examinees (act.org)
• Taking the ACT (pdf)
• Taking the ACT - Spanish (pdf)
• Practice Tests for Examinees Using Accommodations (act.org)

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

 Administer 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 (pdf)
• Printable Task Cards for Online Testing (pdf)
• Paper Testing - Internet Outage Checklist (pdf)
  • ACT Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing - Standard (pdf) 
  • ACT Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing - Accommodations (pdf)
• ACT Calculator Policy (pdf)
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf)

Accommodations Resources for Testing Staff:

• Manage Breaks as Needed (pdf)
• ACT Test Translated Directions for English Learners – Online Testing (pdf)
• ACT Test Translated Directions for English Learners (pdf)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions (pdf)
• Testing Staff Agreements (pdf)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)
• ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)
• ACT Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf)
• ACT Spoken Instructions - Online (pdf)
• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)
• Video American Sign Language Usage Guidelines (pdf)

Returning Materials:

• Returning Test Materials (video)
• Replacement Site Header (pdf)
• Secure Storage and Transport of Test Materials Form (pdf)

Resources for Educators

Website: success.act.org

About Online Reporting:

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
• Schedule of Events: Reporting Information (web content) 
• Setting Up for Success - Online Reporting and TAA (pdf)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)
• Online Reporting: Benefits, Features, Navigation, and Rosters (video)
• Contract and Student Reports (video)
• Summary Data Reports (video)
• Download Data in Online Reporting - FAQs (web content)
• ACT Contract Download Hub Layout (xlsx) (coming soon)

About the Reports:

• ACT User Handbook for Educators (pdf)
• Sample Score Report - High School (pdf)

Resources for Students:

• Understanding Your Scores (act.org)
• Sample Score Report - Student (pdf)
• Using Your ACT Results (pdf)
• Using Your ACT Results-Spanish (pdf)
• Opting in to ACT Recruit Me (act.org)