Enhanced PreACT
What K-12 Educators Need to Know
PreACT Assessments are Evolving to Align to the Enhanced ACT
PreACT Assessments are aligning with the Enhanced ACT, with new blueprints, composite scores, and science optionality at the contract level. The changes will launch according to the timeline below:
- PreACT 9 Secure and PreACT Secure — online tests for higher-stakes uses like accountability and dual enrollment — will launch new blueprints in spring 2026.
- PreACT and PreACT 8/9 — available in both paper and online formats for ACT prep and career navigation — will launch new blueprints in fall 2026 for PreACT, with the PreACT 8/9 launch date coming soon.
- All PreACT Assessments — new Composite score (calculated with English, math, reading) and science optionality are implemented by fall 2026.
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Enhanced PreACT Key Dates
| Assessment | New Blueprint Launches | English, Math, Reading Composite Score Launches | Science Optionality** Launches |
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| PreACT 9 Secure | Spring 2026 | Spring 2026 | Spring 2026 |
| PreACT Secure | Spring 2026 | Spring 2026 | Spring 2026 |
| PreACT* | Fall 2026 | Fall 2026 | Fall 2026 |
| PreACT 8/9* | TBD | Fall 2026 | Fall 2026 |
*For the 2025-2026 school year, science is not optional, and Composite scores continue to inckude science. If science is not taken, a Composite score will not be generated.
**The science section will be optional based on district or school preference (and not at the individual student preference level).
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