ACT (test)
The ACT is an achievement test for college admissions in the United States made by ACT, Inc.[1] It was first given in Fall 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test.[2] Some students who perform poorly on the SAT find that they perform better on the ACT and vice versa.[3] The ACT test is made of 4 tests: English, Math, Reading, and Science reasoning. In February 2005, an optional writing test was added to the ACT, like changes to the SAT that took place later in March of the same year. All four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. accept the ACT.[4]
ACT (test) Media
Historical Number of SAT and ACT Test Takers
Historical average ACT scores of college-bound seniors
This map shows the mean ACT composite scores of students within the United States in 2014.
Percent of high school seniors scoring a composite of 36 on their ACT test from 1997 to 2023
2005 distribution of ACT scores
Related pages
- Global Assessment Certificate
- SAT, the main competitor to ACT's examination
References
- ↑ "About ACT, Inc.: History". ACT, Inc. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013. Name changed in 1996.
- ↑ "ACT Assessment", Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia © 1997-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
- ↑ Martz, Geoff; Review, Princeton (2007). "Chapter 1". Cracking The ACT (2007 ed.). The Princeton Review. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-375-76585-8.
- ↑ Marklein, Mary Beth (2007-03-18) (in en). All four-year U.S. colleges now accept ACT test. USA TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-03-18-life-cover-acts_N.htm.
Other websites
- ACT, Inc.
- Website for test takers
- ACT Club Archived 2018-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ACT Education Solutions Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ACT International Services Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
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