Hi guys,
Is one allowed to practice with test information released (TIR) act tests that are released in december, april, and june? Are those questions ever reused by the ACT? I’m not sure what is considered ethical and unethical in the ACT world.
Thanks!
Not sure to what you are referring. If the ACT practice tests for which ACT releases one about every other year and which are available for each test date (but a new one is not released for each test date), yes those can be used for practice including prior ones, and, though they might have once been an ACT test that was used several times, they are no longer used as actual tests once ACT releases them as a practice test.
When you order the TIR, ACT sends you the entire test you took. While these questions may be discussed, the test itself may not be photocopied or otherwise transformed because doing so violates ACT’s copyright.
The exact questions on TIR test dates are never reused.
The questions won’t be used again; the types will, however. It is not unethical to try to predict if the exact SAME question will be repeated again, because I think your are spinning your wheels trying to do that. Instead, with the time trying to ponder statistically what question will be repeated (fun fact: 0), try to take as many ACTs as possible with the context and focus in mind, and try to find patterns throughout the test. The ACT is very predictable, and my experience with it is that it is like meeting the same person everytime but in a different outfit.
my question was rather that of whether it’s allowed to use TIR/QAS tests to study for the SAT and ACT. my friend has a few of hers that she said she could lend me.
Borrowing and practising with the test should be fine. Photocopying and distributing for profit is not.
I’m guessing they know that people buy the the tests to see what they missed, and how they can improve. So I don’t see what is the problem with using it to study.
You can use your friend’s TIR test without worry.
thanks everyone, this question has been resolved