Options to Complete Accountability Assessment - Spring 2025 Illinois State Testing

Oct 10, 2026

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Message provides guidance for district and school test coordinators on options to complete Spring 2025 Illinois state testing after technical disruptions on April 8, 2025. It outlines four main paths for ACT with Writing students, including resuming during Test Event 2, re-registering for an entire retake, or starting during Test Event 2 or Test Event 3 when login issues prevented beginning. It also explains an optional remedy using vouchers for ACT National testing, including key conditions, voucher request timing, MyACT usage, and limits for accountability and diploma requirements.

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Options to Complete Accountability Assessment

Spring 2025 Illinois State Testing

Options to Complete ACT with Writing for Accountability

Options for Additional Attempts: ACT with Writing

1. Voucher for ACT National testing

2. Unlisted National test center

From: ACT State Testing <[statetesting@operations.act.org](statetesting@operations.act.org)> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 4:34PM To: ACT Now User Roles: District Test Coordinator, Test Coordinator Subject: Options to Complete Accountability Assessment Spring 2025 Illinois State Testing [act.org/stateanddistrict/illinois](act.org/stateanddistrict/illinois) To: District test coordinators and school test coordinators Role responsible for this activity: School test coordinator ACT sincerely apologizes for the disruption you may have experienced on April 8, 2025. In coordination with ISBE, ACT has identified additional details for schools that experienced technical issues to complete testing for students registered for ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, or PreACT 9 Secure. Options to Complete ACT with Writing for Accountability A school may use the following options, or any combination thereof, to best meet the individual needs of their students. The options for students who were able to start but not finish the assessment to receive scores that meet state accountability requirements and that are college-reportable include the following: Option 1: Resume testing from wherever the student exited in ACT with Writing during Test Event 2 (April 8–18) . Note, the link to “Resume” was added after email was sent. • This option may work best for those students who made some degree of progress and prefer to complete their original attempt. • Because a different test form is used in each test event, any student who resumes testing ACT with Writing must complete testing during Test Event 2 (by April 18) . • Schools do not need to resume all students at the same time on the same date, so long as each student is allotted their remaining time. • Prior to resuming testing, ensure all students in a room are resuming in the same section. Verify all students in a room have completed the same section before moving on. Option 2: Re-register for testing with ACT with Writing during Test Event 2 (complete testing by April 18) or Test Event 3 (April 22–May 2) . Note, the link to “Re-register” was added after email was sent. • A school may request that any number of students be re-registered for either Test Event 2 or Test Event 3. • Because a different test form is used in each test event, any student who is re-registered must begin and complete their testing during the selected test event. • Re-registration requires the student to retake the entire test , regardless of how far they progressed in an earlier attempt. • Students who are re-registered to test must be assigned to a new room and must use a newly printed authorization ticket. • Re-registering a student renders the April 8 attempt non-reportable. Re-registered students who complete testing will receive scores only for the test for which they were re-registered. For re-registered students who are unable to retest due to absence or some other factor, ACT can retrieve the original attempt. The options for students who were not able to login into TestNav and did not start the assessment to receive scores that meet state accountability requirements and that are college-reportable include the following: Option 3: Begin and complete ACT with Writing during Test Event 2 by April 18. • This option does NOT require students to re-register. Option 4: Begin and complete ACT with Writing during Test Event 3 (April 22–May 2) . • Schools can reassign students who were not able to log in to TestNav during Test Event 2 to Test Event 3. This option does NOT require students to re-register. Options for Additional Attempts: ACT with Writing Schools must first implement selected options above to allow students to complete required state accountability testing. Additionally, ACT is offering an optional opportunity for students who were affected by the test disruption on April 8. This remedy will allow students to earn college-reportable scores by taking the ACT

FAQs

What disruption on April 8, 2025 does the message address, and who can use the options?

It addresses technical issues experienced by schools on April 8, 2025. District and school test coordinators can apply the listed options for students registered for ACT with Writing, PreACT Secure, or PreACT 9 Secure.

How can students who started but did not finish complete ACT with Writing for accountability?

Students may resume testing from where they exited during Test Event 2 (April 8–18) or re-register during Test Event 2 (by April 18) or Test Event 3 (April 22–May 2).

What are the key rules when a student is re-registered for ACT with Writing?

Re-registration requires the student to retake the entire test and complete it within the selected test event. The April 8 attempt becomes non-reportable, students receive scores only for the re-registered test, and they need a new room and a newly printed authorization ticket.

Oct 10, 2026

Uploaded by nayy☆