Breaking News: ACT focuses on availability, delays section retesting
This afternoon, ACT, Inc announced that it would not begin section retesting in September of this year as planned. In a post on the ACT’s leadership blog, the testing agency stated that the debut of section retesting will be pushed to 2021, but didn’t give any more specific information regarding the timeline.
This decision may come as a let-down for students who had planned to start retaking individual sections in September to boost their superscores, particularly since ACT, Inc has been hyping the benefits of section retesting for almost nine months now. However, the testing agency has a very good reason for delaying the rollout of section retesting: the need for more testing seats to accommodate students whose test dates were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Despite the section retesting delay, the ACT plans to go forward with the other two big changes anticipated for September: computer-based testing and superscored reports.
The blog post also clarified what the ACT is doing to ensure a smooth July 18th test date. In an effort to cut down on last-minute cancellation notices, the ACT is requesting that testing centers decide by June 19th whether they plan to be open for July. Students should know the status of their testing site by the end of June, but the ACT also noted that things can change between June 30th and July 18th. The blog post also confirmed the ACT’s dedication to developing a remote proctoring option.