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PLANNING INFORMATION
Allowable Accommodations and EL Supports
PROGRAM: NATIONAL, SPECIAL | PRODUCT: THE ACT | AUDIENCE: TESTING STAFF
Planning information:
This document is
intended to help testing staff assist students,
families, and school staff in planning for
students to take the ACT
®
test with
accommodations and/or English learner (EL)
supports.
Submitting a Request
Students must register to take the ACT test
(via MyACT
®
) and work with a school official to
submit a request for accommodations and/or
EL supports via the Test Accessibility and
Accommodations System (TAA). N ote: This
must be done by the late registration
deadline for their preferred test date.
The lists in this document describe the
allowable accommodations that are available
via National or Special testing. Please see the
document National vs Special for high-level
differences between National and Special
testing.
Accommodations not listed: If a student
needs an accommodation not listed in this
document, they should work with their school
official to request the unlisted
accommodations in TAA, and ACT will
consider the request on an individualized
basis.
Test location: Students testing with approved
accommodations and/or EL supports will test
at a National test center or through Special
testing (arranged with a school official during
a designated two-week window). ACT
determines the test location based on
authorized accommodations. All EL supports
can be provided at a National test center.
Note: The student is responsible for bringing
any authorized items to the test location. ACT
will provide the test booklet (including large
print or braille) and answer documents if
testing on paper.
National Testing Center
Standard Room
The following accommodations can be
provided at a National testing center in a
standard room with examinees testing
without accommodations or EL supports.
Timing
Standard time
Presentation
Large-print testing materials (paper
testing)
Sign language interpreter to sign verbal
instructions (not test items)
Translated test directions printed locally
(ACT translations)
Bilingual word-to-word dictionary (ACT-
authorized)
Written copy of spoken instructions
Colored overlays (paper testing)
3x5 card or ruler for tracking (paper testing)
Magnifier or highlighter (paper testing)
Answer masking (3x5 card) (paper testing)
Answer eliminator (marking off answers in
test booklet) (paper testing)
Response
Mark answers in the test booklet (paper
testing)
Computer for the writing test (paper
testing)
Speech-to-text software for essay