PreACT: South Carolina

Learn about ACT Now

• Overview (video)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• Comparison of Administration Platforms (pdf)
• What's New (web content)
• Updates for Your Test Administration Experience - February 2026 (pdf)
• FAQ's - ACT Now (web content) 

Set Up ACT Now

Training:

• 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)
• Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Student Registrations File Template (csv)

Manage Accommodations

Understand Accommodations:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the PreACT (web content)

Assign Accommodations:

• Quick Start Guide - Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf)
• PreACT - Pre-Event Uploading and Assigning Student Accommodations (video)
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf)
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv)
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions and Guidelines (pdf)

Prepare Students for Testing with Accommodations:

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

Prepare for Testing 

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf)
• Technical Readiness Checklist for Technical Coordinators (pdf)
• Technical Readiness (webinar)
• Technical Readiness Training slides (pdf)
• How To Select Your Testing Staff (self-guided tutorial)
• TestNav Support (website)
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf) 
• MyACT User Guide for Test Coordinators (pdf)
• MyACT Resources for Success (pdf)

Prepare Students for Testing

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document (pdf)
• Practice Tests for Examinees Using Accommodations (act.org)
• MyACT User Guide for Students (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.

TCM Resources

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:

• 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 Facilities (web content)
• Test Staff (web content)
• Test Materials (web content)
• Test Administration (web content)

 Set Up Test Center Manager (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 Day Instructions for Paper Testing - Standard (pdf) 
• Using Test Center Manager (web content)

Administer Test 

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

Administer Test with Accommodations

• PreACT Translated Directions (pdf)
• Reader Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribe Agreement (pdf)
• Pre-recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf)
• PreACT Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf)
• PreACT Spoken Instructions - Online (pdf)
• Personal Aide Guidelines (pdf)

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

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

Access Online Reporting

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)

Understand Reports:

• Interpretive Guide for Student and Aggregate Reports (pdf)
• PreACT Online Reporting - Guide to Reports (pdf)
• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (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)
• Downloading HSRs or ISRs as Individual PDFs (pdf)

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)