Interpreting Scores on the Enhanced ACT: Guidance for K-12 and Higher Education Institutions. ACT State and Federal Policy
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| Title: | Interpreting Scores on the Enhanced ACT: Guidance for K-12 and Higher Education Institutions. ACT State and Federal Policy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | James Riddlesperger, ACT Education Corp. |
| Source: | ACT Education Corp. 2025. |
| Availability: | ACT Education Corp. 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168. Tel: 319-337-1270; Web site: http://www.act.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Entrance Examinations, Testing, Change, Test Length, Scoring, Scores, College Readiness, Comparative Analysis |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | ACT Assessment |
| Abstract: | ACT announced a series of enhancements designed to modernize the ACT test and offer students more choice and flexibility in demonstrating their readiness for life after high school. The enhancements provide students more flexibility by allowing them to choose whether to take the science assessment, thereby reducing the test length by up to one-third. States and districts that administer a school-day ACT are also given more flexibility: they can choose to offer the ACT with or without science, as they currently choose for writing. The ACT test enhancements improve and modernize the test-taker experience while ensuring that the assessment remains a valid and reliable measure of high school achievement and college readiness. The findings summarized in this brief and fully detailed in the "The Enhanced ACT Linking Study Report" and "Initial Evidence Supporting Interpretations of Scores from the Enhanced ACT Test" serve as a guide for stakeholders in secondary and higher education and confirm that: (1) Section test scores on the enhanced ACT are interchangeable with those from the legacy ACT; and (2) EMR-calculated Composite scores can be used interchangeably with EMRS-calculated Composite scores for the purposes that they have historically been used, though there are some practical differences. No changes to admissions, scholarship, or accountability policies are required as a result of the enhancements for either K-12 or higher education institutions. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED673800 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | ACT announced a series of enhancements designed to modernize the ACT test and offer students more choice and flexibility in demonstrating their readiness for life after high school. The enhancements provide students more flexibility by allowing them to choose whether to take the science assessment, thereby reducing the test length by up to one-third. States and districts that administer a school-day ACT are also given more flexibility: they can choose to offer the ACT with or without science, as they currently choose for writing. The ACT test enhancements improve and modernize the test-taker experience while ensuring that the assessment remains a valid and reliable measure of high school achievement and college readiness. The findings summarized in this brief and fully detailed in the "The Enhanced ACT Linking Study Report" and "Initial Evidence Supporting Interpretations of Scores from the Enhanced ACT Test" serve as a guide for stakeholders in secondary and higher education and confirm that: (1) Section test scores on the enhanced ACT are interchangeable with those from the legacy ACT; and (2) EMR-calculated Composite scores can be used interchangeably with EMRS-calculated Composite scores for the purposes that they have historically been used, though there are some practical differences. No changes to admissions, scholarship, or accountability policies are required as a result of the enhancements for either K-12 or higher education institutions. |
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