Arranged Testing Policies and Procedures
Arranged Testing Coordinator
y It is the examinee’s responsibility to ask a teacher or counselor
at the high school, college, or university he or she is currently
attending to serve as the test coordinator.
y If the examinee is not currently attending school, ACT
recommends contacting the testing department at a nearby
college or university.
y The test coordinator must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Be procient in English.
2. Be experienced in administering high stakes testing.
3. Be a staff member of the institution where testing takes
place.
4. Have control over locked, limited-access storage at the
institution to secure the test materials.
5. Agree to administer the tests according to policies and
procedures in the administration manual.
y To protect both the examinee and test coordinator from
questions of possible conict of interest, the following conditions
must also be met. The test coordinator must:
6. Not be a relative or guardian of the examinee.
7. Not be a private consultant or individual tutor whose fees
are paid by the examinee or examinee’s family.
8. Not be engaged in test preparation activities for ACT during
the current academic year.
9. Not be involved in coaching high school or college athletics
(required only if the examinee participates in athletics).
10. Not receive any compensation outside of ACT for
administering the test.
Note: Test scores achieved under the supervision of an individual
who does not satisfy all requirements listed above will be canceled
automatically without refund.
Compensation
y Only the person who administers the tests will be compensated.
y Compensation rates will be sent with the test materials.
y ACT treats all testing staff as independent contractors.
Therefore, wages are not subject to income tax withholding and
Social Security deductions.
y ACT reports the income to the IRS only if payments to an
individual are at least $600 in a given year.
y A payment report form will be sent with the test materials.
Assignment of Test Materials
y Test materials may be used only for the examinee(s) listed on
the Test Materials Distribution List and may not be transferred to
any other examinee or location.
y If the examinee(s) does (do) not test, the test materials must be
returned to ACT immediately with an explanation as to why the
materials were unused.
Answer Documents
y Answer documents are shipped to the test coordinator.
y Examinees enter non-test information and answers to test
questions on the answer document.
y If examinees take the ACT with writing, they complete the
writing essay on another answer document.
y Prior to test day, the test coordinator needs to arrange for
examinees to complete the non-test information, which includes
required identifying information, up to six college choices,
and (optionally) responses to the ACT Interest Inventory and
Student Prole Section.
Scheduling the Administration
y Testing Windows
Arranged testing must be administered in a single session on
one day during one of the designated windows listed on the
request form.
y Testing Time
{ Schedule testing at a time mutually agreeable to the
examinee and test coordinator.
{ Allow an uninterrupted session of approximately 3½ hours
for the ACT (no writing) or 4 hours for the ACT with writing.
{ ACT prefers that testing be scheduled as the rst activity of
the morning.
y Breaks
{ Testing procedures allow a short break after the second test.
{ Examinees taking the ACT with writing will have time to relax
and sharpen their pencils before the writing test.
{ The test session may NOT be interrupted by longer breaks,
for meals, or for other activities. If it is, the answer document
will not be scored or scores will be canceled.
y Test Location
{ Testing must be done at the school.
{ Testing must occur within the United States, US territories, or
Puerto Rico.
{ If the examinee is conned to a correctional institution,
testing must be done at the correctional institution.
Score Reports
y Reports for the ACT (no writing) are normally mailed within 2–8
weeks after ACT receives the answer documents.
y Reports for the ACT with writing are normally mailed within 5–8
weeks.
Effective July 2019