What You Need to Know to Take the ACT Test Saturday

Before you head to Royal Oak High School to take the ACT test this Saturday there are a few things you need to know.

ACT, Inc. has implemented "additional safeguards to ensure ACT score integrity and meet students in the advanced technological world in which they live today," according to the ACT website.

"The folks at ACT have some new rules that we need to communicate to the greater population," said Interim Principal Jim Moll. "Specifically, those students who are coming to ROHS to take the ACT will need to print a paper ticket that is available on the ACT website where they signed up to take the test."  

What students need to bring

• Bring the paper ticket on Saturday. This must be the paper ticket - electronic tickets will not be honored, said Moll.
• Bring a valid ID.
• Test takers must be listed on the test roster provided by ACT for Saturday's test date.

ACT, Inc.'s website lists following security enhancements:

• Students will upload or otherwise submit (via ACT website, mobile device, or mail) a recognizable head-and-shoulders photo of themselves when registering for the ACT.
• The photo will be printed on the student's ticket, which the student will be required to bring to the test center in order to be admitted.
• The student's photo will also be printed on the examinee roster that testing staff use to check in students on test day.
• In addition to their ticket, students will be required to bring and present an acceptable photo ID on test day.
• On test day, test center staff will match the name and photo on the student’s ticket, the test center roster, and the student’s photo ID to the student who arrives to take the test before granting the student admission.
• In addition to submitting a photo, students will provide ACT with their gender and identify the name of the high school they attend. ACT will use this information to help match the examinee’s identity throughout the testing process.
• Both before and after testing, students will provide written affirmation that they are the person whose name appears on the test booklet and answer sheet which they have submitted. They will also acknowledge that assuming anyone else’s identity to take the test may be a violation of law and be subject to legal penalty.
• ACT may visit test centers to conduct additional test security measures on test day, such as collecting images of examinees during check-in and/or other security activities.
• After tests have been scored, the student’s photo will be printed on the score report that will be automatically sent to the high school attended by the student. Score integrity can then be reinforced by the people who know the students best—the teachers and counselors at their schools.
• To deter attempts to circumvent these procedures, students (including those who hope to test on a standby basis) will be required to register their intent to test and will not be allowed to make any test center or test date changes on the day of the test.

"We will be contacting those students who attend Royal Oak High School to spread the news, but we also have many test takers who use our school as their testing site who need to know this information," Moll said.

For more information visit www.act.org.