ACT to end self paced timing?

[labegg]

I ran across a blog post yesterday on College Success Formula that indicated ACT will be eliminating self paced timing. I thought someone might find it helpful/important. ( I have not been able to substantiate the veracity of the claim) I am not able to link to the original blog but it can be found on Jed Applerouth’s website, it is in the May 17, 2018 blog.

ACT, Inc. released a news brief that will affect students who utilize testing accommodations for extended time. ACT announced the end of self-paced timing and the addition of a new mandatory experimental section. The concern is that it will negatively effect students with ADHD.

Here is the official announcement:

“Examinees approved for National Extended Time or for Timing Code 6 will have 50 percent extended time for each section of the ACT, with a hard stop after each section. Examinees will no longer have to self-pace through the four multiple-choice sections over the allotted five hours. All examinees in the test room will begin the same section at the same time and have the same amount of time to complete that section.”

Starting in September the ACT will require all students to take a 20-minute experimental section that will not count towards their score. Here is the official announcement:

“We are expanding the Tryout program, which helps shape the future of the ACT. On National test dates, examinees testing under standard timing conditions, whether testing with or without writing, should expect to take a fifth test after Test 4. The fifth test is 20 minutes long and doesn’t impact the examinee’s ACT Composite score or subject test scores. Examinees testing with extended time will not take the fifth test.”

[mmk2015]

Thanks for the info!

I couldn’t find the source either.

If that website is going to provide a major scoop, it could’ve at least provided a link to the source.