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For State 2, the model also included Grade 11 GPA, number of course credits, and whether the student took advanced coursework.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},528227,1791624095,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":52,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":34,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},962084928432,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","Who Receives English Learner Testing Supportson the ACT® Test?  \nJoann L. Moore, PhD  \nThis data byte investigates whether student characteristics predict which English learners (ELs) take the ACT® test with EL testing supports. It is a follow-up analysis to two research studies investigating relationships between English-language proficiency (ELP) and performance on the ACT (Moore & Schnieders , 2026; Moore et al. , 2026) . The two U.S. states that agreed to participate in this study have been administering the ACT to virtually all Grade 11 students since before the 2017–2018 school year and are part of WIDA ([https://wida.wisc.edu/](https://wida.wisc.edu/) ), a consortium of states led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. WIDA develops resources for supporting ELs and their teachers, including ACCESS, a set of summative English proficiency assessments administered annually to K–12 students in more than 40 states. The ACCESS assessments include the four domains of Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking and four composite scores: Oral Language (50% Listening + 50% Speaking), Literacy (50% Reading + 50% Writing), Comprehension (70% Reading + 30% Listening), and Overall (35% Reading + 35% Writing + 15% Listening + 15% Speaking) . Each domain score and composite score is reported both as a level on a 1.0–6.0 scale and as a score on a 100–600 scale.  \nACT began offering EL testing supports in the fall of 2017, including (a) extended time (one and one-half time, single day),(b) translated test instructions that ACT provides, and (c) an approved word-to-word bilingual dictionary without definitions. The supports are intended to remove construct-irrelevant variance and allow ELs to more accurately demonstrate their knowledge and skills. All ELs are eligible to receive the supports , but not all ELs requested them, potentially because the ELs or their teachers and school officials were not aware of these supports or the benefits of using them. In two recent ACT studies (Moore & Schnieders, 2026; Moore et al. , 2026), approximately 28% of the ELs in State 1 and 20% of the ELs in State 2 took the ACT with supports. Note that there is a process for requesting supports: (a) students or school officials initiate the request , (b) school officials submit documentation to ACT that proves their students are eligible to receive the supports, and (c) ACT approves the use of the supports. (ACT updated this process in September 2025, described in more detail in the last paragraph of this report. ) These analyses are based on ELs who were approved to take the ACT with supports , although ACT does not collect information about whether students actually used the supports during testing.  \nIn our analysis, we used logistic regression models to estimate which student characteristics predicted whether a student received EL testing supports when taking the ACT. For both states, predictors included students’ ACCESS Overall score (standardized to have a mean of zero anda standard deviation of 1) , free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, gender (with male as the reference group), and race/ethnicity. Race/ethnicity was classified as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, two or more races, or white. Because of small sample sizes in State 1, we limited the analysis  \n© 2026 by ACT Education Corp. All rights reserved. | R2613  \n\n| of race/ethnicity to Hispanic/Latino compared with all the other racial/ethnic groups combined. For State 2, the odds of receiving supports were modeled for each racial/ethnic group with white as the reference group. State 2 also provided Grade 11 student transcript data, so we were also able to include the following as predictors in the regression analysis: Grade 11 grade point average (GPA), number of course credits earned, and whether the student took any advanced coursework in Grade 11 (college-level, dual-credit, or advanced/honors versus gen","cbCaib0P243q48bz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib0P243q48bz","pdf",408306,"English","# Who Receives English Learner Testing Support on the ACT Test\n## EL testing supports and eligibility process\n## Study design and predictors in logistic regression\n## Findings from State 1 and State 2 tables","[{\"question\":\"What are the ACT EL testing supports studied in this report?\",\"answer\":\"They include extended time, translated test instructions, and an approved word-to-word bilingual dictionary without definitions. The supports are intended to reduce construct-irrelevant variance for English learners.\"},{\"question\":\"How does a student receive these supports for the ACT?\",\"answer\":\"Students or school officials initiate the request, school officials submit documentation proving eligibility, and ACT approves the use of the supports. ACT also updated the request process in September 2025.\"},{\"question\":\"Which student characteristics were used to predict whether ELs received supports?\",\"answer\":\"For both states, predictors included ACCESS Overall score, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, gender, and race/ethnicity. For State 2, the model also included Grade 11 GPA, number of course credits, and whether the student took advanced coursework.\"}]","Who Receives English Learner Testing Support on the ACT Test | PDF",1791518213,18]