Test Day Procedures
- Report to your assigned test center by the time (usually 8:00 a.m.) listed on your admission ticket. (You will not need to have an admission ticket if you are trying to test standby.)
Be sure you know how to get to your test center. You will not be admitted if you are late.
- Bring acceptable identification. You will not be admitted without it.
- Testing staff will check your ID and admission ticket, admit you to your test room, direct you to a seat, and provide test materials.
- Testing normally begins only after all examinees present at 8:00 a.m. are checked in.
- Do not engage in any prohibited behavior at the test center or you will be dismissed and your tests will not be scored.
- During the Mathematics Test, testing staff will check your calculator to ensure that:
- it is a permitted type;
- you use it only during the Mathematics Test;
- you use your backup calculator only if your primary calculator fails;
- you do not share your calculator; and
- you do not store test materials in your calculator's memory.
- If your calculator has characters one inch high or larger, or a raised display, testing staff may seat you where no other examinee can see your calculator.
- A break is scheduled after the first two tests. You will not be allowed to use cell phones or any electronic devices during the break, and you may not bring food or drinks back to the test room. (If you take the Writing Test, you will be allowed another brief break after the last multiple-choice test to relax and sharpen your pencils.) Students testing with standard time are normally dismissed at about 12:15 p.m. (or 1:00 p.m. if taking the ACT Plus Writing).
- If you do not complete all your tests for any reason, tell your room supervisor or proctor—before you leave the test center—whether or not you want your test scored. If you do not inform the room supervisor of your decision, all tests attempted will be scored.
