{"id":47896,"date":"2020-07-09T16:57:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=47896"},"modified":"2020-07-09T16:57:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:57:56","slug":"act-postpones-national-online-testing-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/act-postpones-national-online-testing-option\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Postpones National Online Testing Option"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ACT has postponed its plans to grant U.S. test-takers the option to take their ACT test online at national testing centers this fall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of putting the finishing touches on its online testing option, the organization has decided to focus its time and efforts on adding additional capacity at testing centers so that students who need their ACT scores for college admissions and scholarship applications can take the test as soon as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were technologically on track \u2014 as in 26 miles into a 26.2 mile marathon \u2014 to launch online testing at national test centers this fall, but the world has changed, and so too must our plans and timeframe for launching this enhancement,\u201d ACT CEO Janet Godwin said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/leadershipblog.act.org\/2020\/07\/act-postpones-online-testing-for-fall.html\">news release<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to focus our efforts on doing what we\u2019ve done well for 60 years and implementing what we can, when we can, safely and with confidence. That said, we will continue to build out this capability from a technology standpoint so we can be ready to deliver it when the market is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By momentarily shifting its focus away from online testing, the organization says it will be able to \u201cbuild additional capacity for fall testing at national test centers and allow test centers to focus on providing a successful paper administration of the ACT test.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The online version of the ACT test isn\u2019t brand new&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, states and districts have been administering online ACT tests as a part of their in-school testing programs. And since September 2018, all students taking the ACT outside of the United States have had to take the test online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The online test has not, however, been widely available at U.S. national testing centers. That\u2019s what the organization was trying to change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization wanted to make its online test widely available in the United States this fall, primarily because it delivers results much faster. Students who take the ACT test online can expect to receive their results in as soon as two business days, which allows them to quickly get their scores out to admissions officers and scholarship sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, ACT expects it will be able to launch the online testing option at national testing centers in 2021, but that largely depends on the progression of COVID-19.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>States and districts will still have the option to offer online testing this fall as part of their in-school testing programs, though, according to the release. And students who test outside of the United States will continue to take the ACT online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ACT has postponed its plans to grant U.S. test-takers the option to take their ACT test online at national testing centers this fall.&nbsp; Instead of putting the finishing touches on its online testing option, the organization has decided to focus its time and efforts on adding additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":47898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[647,6,230,229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic","category-student-advocacy","category-news","category-lead-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing.jpg",830,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing-224x144.jpg",224,144,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing-300x193.jpg",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing.jpg",830,533,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing.jpg",830,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing.jpg",830,533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing.jpg",830,533,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jackson Schroeder","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/author\/jackson-schroeder\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ACT has postponed its plans to grant U.S. test-takers the option to take their ACT test online at national testing centers this fall.&nbsp; Instead of putting the finishing touches on its online testing option, the organization has decided to focus its time and efforts on adding additional&hellip;","featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ACT-postpones-online-testing.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}