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The ACT Test
Use this page as a starting point for information on the ACT test - including registration, test prep, test day, ACT test overview, and understanding your scores.
Registration | Test Prep | Test Day | Test Overview | Your Score
2023-2024 Test Dates (National)
| Test Date |
Regular Registration Deadline | Late Registration Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2023 | September 22 | October 6 |
| December 9, 2023 | November 3 | November 17 |
| February 10, 2024 | January 5 | January 19 |
| April 13, 2024 | March 8 | March 22 |
| June 8, 2024 | May 3 | May 17 |
| July 13, 2024* | June 7 | June 21 |
Get a copy of your ACT Test questions and answers in September, April, and June! See www.act.org/the-act/tir for more information.
*No test centers are scheduled in New York for the July test date.
Measures:
Your ability to make decisions to revise and edit short texts and essays in different genres.
Measures:
The mathematical skills you have typically acquired in courses up to the beginning of grade 12.
Measures:
Your ability to read closely, reason logically about texts using evidence, and integrate information from multiple resources.
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The interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning and problem-solving skills required in biology, chemistry, Earth/space sciences and physics.
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The optional writing section measures writing skills taught in high school English classes and in entry-level college composition courses.
View and Send Your Score
You can have your ACT scores sent to other colleges and scholarship agencies even after you test.
When is Your Score Ready?
Learn more about when scores are ready, some within two weeks.
Understanding Your Score
Learn what goes into your composite score, how to use it, and more!
Have questions? Visit our ACT Registration Information , call 319-337-1270, or complete a contact form for a specific concern.