ACT District Testing

Charting a Course to Success

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Learn more about how funding aligns to our comprehensive solutions designed to ensure students are on a successful path towards college and career readiness.

Educators are navigating a rocky path to close learning gaps during a pandemic while continuing to help students achieve college and career readiness. We truly appreciate everything you’re doing to help this generation of learners.

Let us be a compass to help guide your students in determining the best ways to achieve their goals. ACT District Testing can give students a clearer path in making college decisions—boosting their momentum throughout their journey toward college preparedness.

Since 2007, students in 50 states have earned college-reportable scores taking the ACT test in their own classrooms.

The ACT test raises college awareness among students and gives them confidence in performing college-level coursework.

The ACT is tied closely to your district’s curriculum—it’s always been about what students learn in school.

Join School Districts Across the Country in Bringing the ACT Test to Students in the Classroom

“Results are so much more than a number; they allow our students to open new doors of opportunity that can change the trajectory of their lives. Now more Tennessee students can access scholarship funding, gain admission to colleges and universities, and earn credit for their work from day one.”

-Candice McQueen, Education Department Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Education

“When we say we value the ACT results and we’re going to take assessments once a year to find out where your kids are moving towards that college and career readiness benchmark, parents say that’s a value they can get behind.”

–Declan FitzPatrick, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Fox C-6 School District near St. Louis, Missouri

“The ACT data is helping us have conversations about what our students need to be successful at when they leave our school—whether they’re going into career or they’re going to college. I think that we’ve just begun to scratch the surface of really how we can use the ACT data to serve our students.”

–Vicky Roller, School Counselor Newport High School, Oregon

Map showing blue state that include school districts offering the ACT test.

States with school districts providing the ACT test to students are depicted in blue.

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