Starting in 2015, students who take the ACT will face a more complex essay question and will receive new scores for English language arts and the combined fields of science and mathematics.The ACT will retain its total scoring scale of 1 to 36 and its format of assessing achievement in English, math, reading and science, with an optional essay.
The new indicators will describe student performance and predicted readiness levels in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), career readiness, English language arts and text complexity.
The current ACT essay prompt states an issue — for example, high school dress codes — gives two points of view and asks students to take a position and support it with specifics. The new version will ask students to “evaluate multiple perspectives on a complex issue and generate their own analysis based on reasoning, knowledge and experience,” the organization announced in June.
The ACT is evolving as the rival SAT admissions test undergoes a major redesign that will debut in 2016. Key Academics’ ACT and SAT materials are constantly revised and improved to keep up with the latest changes to the SAT and ACT exams.
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