The science section will now be optional on the ACT exam, and the exam duration will be decreased, the organizationannounced earlier this week. The writing section was made optional in 2005.

the CEO of ACT announced Monday. The exam will be evolving to “meet the challenges students and educators face” – and that will include shortening the core test and making the science ...

(WLBT/Gray News) – Big changes are coming to the ACT for high school students nationwide. The science portion of the test will no longer be required. According to a news release, the three core ...

Those changes include a shorter test as well as making the science section optional. ACT officials announced that these changes come as a way to help modernize the test, as well as ensure that ...

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The ACT, the standardized college admissions test offered to all Alabama high school students, will no longer have a mandatory science section. But Madison teacher and ACT tutor Ashly Johnston ...

Starting next spring, the ACT science section will be optional for students—just like the writing section, which has been optional since 2005. The test will also be a full hour shorter, with 44 fewer ...

The ACT is a nearly three-hour long standardized test with four core sections: English, math, reading and science. The writing portion is optional. As of 2024, students could take the test online ...

(WLBT/Gray News) – Big changes are coming to the ACT for high school students nationwide. The science portion of the test will no longer be required. According to a news release, the three core ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The science portion of the ACT is no longer required. When registering for the test, students will have the option to take the science section, like the writing section.