The ACT Assessment is a nationally accepted college admission examination consisting of tests in English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science Reasoning. In addition to the four tests, the ACT also includes an interest inventory that provides information for educational/career planning. Consisting of 215 multiple-choice questions, the ACT requires approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete including breaks. There is no penalty for incorrect answers. Scale scores are computed for each of the four tests and for the composite. The scale scores range from 1 (low) to 36 (high). The seven sub scores are computed in the same way, ranging from 1 (low) to 18 (high). Because all tests, including the ACT, involve some measurement error, it is best to view the ACT scores as a range of scores. The Student Report gives the ranks of scores as bands that roughly indicate an examinee’s range of overall educational development.

There are no limitations on the number of times an examinee may test; many students take the ACT as high school juniors and again as seniors. ACT research shows that, of the students who retested, 55% increased their composite score on the retest. ACT will report scores from more than one test date to an institution; however, ACT does not create new score reports by averaging scores from different test dates.