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Learn about ACT Now

• Glossary of Terms (pdf)
• User Role Matrix (pdf)
• Comparison of Administration Platforms (pdf)
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Set Up ACT Now

Invite or Manage Organizations in ACT Now:

• Adding Organizations to Your Contract Quick Start Guide (pdf)
  Tip for success: The Local Organization Code is the Unique ID for the organization, usually issued by a state or district. If you do not have a local org code, you may use your ACT Org code in this field or another unique identifier for your school.
• Checklist for Contract Coordinators (pdf)
• Organization Master File Layout (pdf)
• Organization Master File Template (csv) 
• Inviting Organizations to an Administrations Layout (pdf)
• Invite Organizations File Template (csv)

Add Users with Roles to ACT Now:

• Users File - Layout (pdf) 
• Users File Template (csv)

Manage Your Students:

• Managing Student Information Quick Start Guide (pdf) 
• Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Student Registrations File Template (csv)

Manage Accommodations

Understand Accommodations:

Assign Accommodations:

• Quick Start Guide - Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf)
• 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 Training slides (pdf)
• Before Test Day Checklist (pdf) 
• MyACT User Guide for Test Coordinators (pdf)
• MyACT Resources for Success (pdf)

Training:

• Pre-Test PreACT Training (pdf)
• Test Administration Training (pdf) 

Prepare Students for Testing

• Instructions for Completing Your Answer Document (pdf)
• 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:

Room Supervisor Modules:

Set Up Test Center Manager (TCM):

• Internet Outage Checklist - Paper Testing with ACT Now and TCM (pdf)
• PreACT Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing - Standard (pdf) 

Administer Test

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

Training:

• Post-Test PreACT Training (webinar) (coming soon)
• Post-Test PreACT Training (pdf) (coming soon)

Administer Test with Accommodations

• PreACT Translated Directions (pdf)
• Readers Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribes 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)

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)
• 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)
• PreACT Download Hub Data File Layout (xlsx)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)

Help Students Access and Understand Reports

• PreACT Individual Student Report - Sample (pdf)
• PreACT 8/9 Individual Student Report - Sample (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results (pdf)
• Using Your PreACT Results - Spanish (pdf)

Tip: For students testing online, the “High School Course Plans Compared to Core” and “Education and Career Journey” sections of the Student Report will be blank. Examinees may complete an interest inventory through the Encourage for Student app; however, the student data is not connected to their reports in ACT.