If you're anywhere near getting ready to apply to college, you may already be contemplating whether to take the ACT®, or ...

reading and science with an optional writing section. Starting in spring of 2025, the science section of the ACT test will be optional for online testing, and optional for both online and in ...

The length of the ACT college admissions test will be slashed ... In a departure from past years, reading passages will be shorter and the science-related section of the exam will be optional.

The English part of the ACT typically takes approximately 42, and the math section is about 1 minute and 7 seconds. The test allows about 1 minute per question in the reading section.

The science section, like the ACT’s writing section already ... “To achieve this, the test will include shorter passages on the reading and English sections and fewer questions in each section ...

The science portion of the test will no longer be required. According to a news release, the three core sections of the ACT will be English, reading and math. The science section will now be ...

In 2024, some 42,608 students in Louisiana took the ACT test, a pre-college standardized exam graded on a scale of 1 to 36.

The writing section was made optional in 2005. Students can now opt between several versions of the test: the ACT core exam (which includes reading, math and English), the ACT plus writing ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University ...

In 1989, ACT replaced the social studies and natural sciences sections with tests on reading and scientific reasoning, and in 2005 it added an optional essay section. 2025 will see further changes ...