Test Dates The ACT Senior Retake Project will be testing on the dates shown in the table below. Examinees must test only on these dates for the selected administration. Test Type Test Administration Dates ACT Initial test date October 3, 2017 Accommodations and supports testing window October 3–17, 2017 Makeup test date October 17, 2017 Events In the table below, you’ll find the following information for events in the testing cycle: Date (which may be a deadline or window) related to the event Who takes action for the event Type(s) of testing the event applies to Name and description of the event Date(s) Who Takes Action Type of Testing (Initial, Accommodations and Supports, Makeup) Event July 26, 2017 9:00 a.m. central time 1:00 p.m. central time TDOE, ACT, District Test Coordinators (DTC) All ACT Senior Retake Project kickoff via webinar with TDOE and ACT July 26 – August 11, 2017 DTC Initial Window to confirm school staff in PearsonAccessnext™. July 27 - August 18, 2017 TC Accommodations and Supports Window to submit requests for ACT-approved accommodations and/or English learner supports (hereafter called supports) in the Test Accessibility and Accommodations System (TAA). July 27 – August 25, 2017 Test Coordinator (TC) and/or DTC Initial Window to update student screen via PearsonAccessnext for initial ACT test materials. TC and/or DTC All Window to manage participation information in PearsonAccessnext. August 3, 2017 9:00 a.m. central time 1:00 p.m. central time TC and staff All Test administration Q&A sessions
Date(s) Who Action Type of Testing Event August 21 – September 29, 2017 TC Accommodations and Supports Window to upload Late Consideration Form to TAA. Applicable only to eligible examinees. See the Form for details. August 25, 2017 TC Accommodations and Supports Deadline to submit reconsideration requests of ACT-approved accommodations and/or supports in TAA. September 5 – 27, 2017 TC Initial Window in PearsonAccessnext to: Enroll additional students Unenroll existing students Update existing student information Order materials for additional students September 18 – 22, 2017 TC Initial, Accommodations and Supports Receipt of initial shipment(s) (containing nonsecure and secure standard time and accommodations and supports materials). Note: Schools that indicated an alternative shipping date will receive their shipment during the prior week. September 18 – October 2, 2017 TC Initial Window to conduct: Supervised pretest sessions for all examinees testing Room supervisor and proctor training October 3, 2017 N/A Initial Initial test date October 3 – 5, 2017 TC Makeup Window in PearsonAccessnext to submit makeup order for standard time materials. October 3 – 17, 2017 N/A Accommodations and Supports Accommodations and supports testing window October 4, 2017 TC Initial Returns all initial test date materials via the prescheduled pickup. Note: Any examinees tested with initial test booklets on the makeup test date will not receive scores. October 4 – 16, 2017 TC Makeup Window for schools to conduct pretest sessions for the makeup test date. October 6 – 11, 2017 TC Makeup Window in PearsonAccessnext to: Add additional students Update existing student information Order materials for additional students
Date(s) Who Takes Action Type of Testing Event October 9 – 13, 2017 TC Makeup Receipt of makeup shipment(s) (containing standard time materials). October 17, 2017 N/A Makeup Makeup test date October 18, 2017 TC Accommodations and Supports, Makeup Returns all accommodations and supports and makeup test materials via the prescheduled pickup October 27, 2017 TC All Deadline for ACT to receive answer documents from schools for the initial test date, makeup test date, and accommodations and supports test window. Note: Late arriving documents will not be scored. Beginning in (3-8 weeks following receipt of examinee test responses) N/A N/A Students, schools, and colleges begin to receive ACT Student Reports, High School Reports, and Student College Reports. © 2017 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved. LT10004.OPS2033