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ACT English & Reading

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  1. 1What does ACT originally stand for?
    American College Testing
  2. 2When was the ACT first introduced?
    November 1959
  3. 3Who created the ACT?
    University of Iowa professor Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the SAT
  4. 4Who administers the ACT?
    ACT, Inc., a for-profit organization
  5. 5What academic skill areas does the ACT test cover?
    English, mathematics, and reading (with optional scientific reasoning and direct writing tests)
  6. 6What is the composite score range for the ACT?
    1 to 36 (all in 1-point increments)
  7. 7How is the ACT composite score calculated?
    The rounded whole number average of the scores for English, reading, and math
  8. 8What was the original composition of the ACT in 1959?
    Four tests: English, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Natural Sciences
  9. 9When and how did the ACT change in 1989?
    Social Studies was changed into a Reading section, and Natural Sciences was renamed Science Reasoning test with more emphasis on problem-solving
  10. 10When was the optional Writing Test added to the ACT?
    February 2005
  11. 11When did the ACT surpass the SAT in total test takers?
    2012 (1,666,017 students took the ACT vs 1,664,479 for the SAT)
  12. 12When was the science section made optional on the ACT?
    July 2024 (optional as of April 2025 for online tests and September 2025 for all tests)
  13. 13How long does the ACT take excluding optional sections?
    2 hours and 5 minutes
  14. 14How many students took the ACT in the class of 2025?
    Over 1.38 million high school graduates
  15. 15What is the cost of the ACT without optional sections (as of 2025)?
    US$65.00
  16. 16What is the cost of the science add-on?
    US$4.00 as of 2025
  17. 17What is the cost of the writing add-on?
    US$25.00 as of 2025
  18. 18What is the international surcharge for the ACT?
    $125.50 surcharge plus $6.00 for science add-on in addition to the base amounts
  19. 19How many times per year is the ACT offered in the US and Canada?
    7 times (September, October, December, February, April, June, and July)
  20. 20How many times per year is the ACT offered in other countries?
    5 times (September, October, December, April, and June)
  21. 21How long is the ACT English section?
    45 minutes
  22. 22How many questions are in the ACT English section?
    75 questions
  23. 23What does the ACT English section test?
    Usage/mechanics, sentence structure, and rhetorical skills
  24. 24What is the format of the ACT English section?
    Five passages with various sections underlined on one side and options to correct them on the other side
  25. 25What usage/mechanics issues does the ACT English test?
    Commas, apostrophes, misplaced/dangling modifiers, colons, fragments, and run-ons
  26. 26What rhetorical skills does the ACT English test?
    Style (clarity and brevity), strategy, transitions, and organization (sentences in a paragraph and paragraphs in a passage)
  27. 27What is the average ACT English score for 2025?
    18.4
  28. 28What is the College Readiness Benchmark for ACT English?
    18
  29. 29How long is the ACT Reading section?
    35 minutes
  30. 30How many questions are in the ACT Reading section?
    40 questions

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