ACT Online Practice Test 3 Scoring Key - How to Score the Online Practice Tests

Oct 9, 2026

ACT Online Practice Test 3 Scoring Key provides instructions for converting raw scores from each multiple-choice section into scale scores. It explains how to mark one for each correct answer, total correct responses by test section and category, and excludes gray cells used for field test items. It details the highest raw scores per section, then describes how raw scores convert using the scale score tables so students can compare results across different ACT forms.

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How to Score the Online Practice Tests

Raw Scores

Computing Raw Scores

Scale Scores

Converting Raw Scores to Scale Scores

Answer Forms

ACT Online Practice Test 3 Scoring Key What’s Inside z Answer forms and scoring keys z Instructions for calculating scale and composite scores [www.act.org](www.act.org) How to Score the Online Practice Tests Follow the instructions below and on the following pages to calculate your scale and composite scores. Raw Scores The number of questions you answered correctly on each test section is a raw score. Because there are many forms of the ACT, each with different questions, the difficulty level varies between the forms. A raw score of 35 on one form of the mathematics test section, for example, may be about as difficult to earn as a raw score of 37 on another form of that test section. Computing raw scores To compute your raw scores do the following: 1. Mark a one (1) in the blank for each question answered correctly. 2. Count the number of correct answers for each of the multiple-choice test sections. 3. Add up the total number correct for each category and test section and capture it as directed beneath its scoring key. Use the scoring key for each test to score your answer form for the sections in the practice test. Mark a “1” in the blank for each question you answered correctly and add up the total number correct for each test. Do not count correct answers for gray cells, as those are for field test items not included in converting raw scores to scale scores. Please note, the placement of these field test questions varies across different test forms, and will NOT remain in the same test item slots each test administration. These numbers are your raw scoreson the individual multiple-choice test sections. The highest raw score for a given test section is the number of questions included on that test section: z English: 40 z Mathematics: 41 z Reading: 27 z Science: 34 Note: Raw scores are also provided as part of the Summary Report for each test section taken online in TestNav. Scale Scores To adjust for the small differences among different forms of the ACT test, raw scores are converted into scale scores. Scale scores appear on reports sent to your school.’ When your raw scores are converted into scale scores, it becomes possible to compare your scores with those of examinees who took different test forms. For example, a scale score of 26 on the mathematics test section has the same meaning for any form of the ACT. Converting Raw Scores to Scale Scores Each ACT test section generates a single scale score between 1 and 36. Use the scale score conversion table to convert your raw scores to scale scores for each test section. © 2026 by ACT Education Corp. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 10 QU04003-3 .CJ24883 English Answer Form | English
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FAQs

How do you calculate raw scores for each ACT Online Practice Test section?

Mark a “1” in the blank for each question answered correctly, then count correct answers in each multiple-choice test section and total them as directed under the scoring key.

Which answers should not be counted when converting raw scores to scale scores?

Do not count correct answers for gray cells, since they are field test items and are not included in converting raw scores to scale scores.

How are scale scores used to compare performance across different ACT forms?

Raw scores are converted into scale scores so results from different ACT forms become comparable; each section produces a single scale score between 1 and 36.

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