The American College Test is another college admissions test accepted by most colleges and universities. including all California public universities. The ACT Assessment consists of four tests of educational development: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science Reasoning.
Because ACT Assessment results are used in a variety of settings, ACT prepares three different reports for each student tested—the High School Report, the Student Report, and the College Report. ACT preserves the confidentiality of the information provided by students when they complete the ACT Assessment. No copies of your report are released without your knowledge or permission.
Scores are normally mailed four to seven weeks after the test date. There is no provision for requesting that a test be scored faster.
In order to keep your scores confidential, they will not be given to anyone by telephone, e-mail, or fax.
If you gave your HS code when you registered, your HS counselor received an ACT HS Report to be kept with your school records. ACT normally mails your Student Report to your HS, unless your HS has requested that we mail it to your home. If your scores are reported during the months of May through August, ACT automatically mails your Student Report and the Using Your ACT Assessment Results booklet to your home address, and a High School Report to your school.
ACT also sends a report to each valid college or scholarship agency code you listed and paid for when you registered (up to six). The College Report differs slightly from the ones you and your high school counselor receive. For example, it includes the grades you reported in up to 30 high school courses. It may also include predictions about your performance in specific college programs and courses.
If you have taken the ACT Assessment more than once, ACT maintains a separate record for each test date. In such cases, if you ask ACT to send a report to a college, ACT will release only the record(s) from the test date(s) you designate. However, you may not select test scores from different test dates to construct a new record; you must designate an entire test date record as it stands. ACT does not create new records by averaging scores from different test dates.