<p>I have been proctoring the ACT for 8 years and I have noticed that students don’t seem to feel too much time pressure on the first two sections, English and Math (45 minutes and 60 minutes respectively). However, the last two sections, Reading and Math, only offer 35 minutes and do seem to pressure better students.</p>
<p>Some kids think the ones finishing first are the smarter ones, but that hasn’t been my experience at all. When my kids took the test, they were obviously assigned to other proctors. However, I have watched many of their friends take the test and what I noticed was the smarter kids had more trouble finishing the reading and science sections in the allotted time.</p>