ACT
What is the ACT? Why is it SO important? What can I do to be ready?
The ACT is a standardized test that measures skills in five core areas: English, math, reading, science, and writing. Students take the ACT so they can submit their scores to colleges as part of the college application process. The ACT measures a high school student's readiness for college and provides colleges with a common data point that can be used to compare all applicants.
Alabama requires that all 11th grade students take the ACT on a school day in the spring of the 11th grade year. Additionally, EHS offers the ACT to 10th grade students in the spring of their 10th grade year. To take the test any other time, visit www.actstudent.org to register. Come by the CCC if you have registration questions.
MY ACT and ACT Non-test Information- Tenth and eleventh grade students taking the ACT with Writing at EHS in the spring on a school day are encouraged to go ahead and create a MyACT account. Visit www.myact.org in order to begin account creation. Addtionally, students may find the MYACT User Guide for Students and the MYACT Account Setup-State and District Video helpful in creating an account.
To PREPARE for the ACT, come to school every day, keep up with assignments and test preparation in your classes, and consider some of the prep resources below. (Most are FREE!) (links are to external sites; not maintained by EHS)
Video sessions from MasteryPrep - Great videos for each ACT subject area. Sit down with paper, pencil, calculator, and 75 minutes for each of these AWESOME prep videos. Make time for this! Click below to watch a video for each sub test area (links are to external sites; not maintained by EHS)
ACT Online Prep- ACT online prep is a learning tool offered free to EHS juniors with the following features:
- Personalized resources
- Accessible anytime/anywhere there is an internet connection
- Full length ACT test option as well as ACT test sections
- Educational games to drive mastery of content
- Video lessons, interactive practice, and games targeted to your academic needs
- visit https://onlineprep.act.org/login
Alabama Career Planning System powered by KUDER - use the link below to access your account and use the newly added TEST PREP tools! The ACT resources are from Peterson's and available for you for free through Kuder!
- al.kuder.com
- click "Log in with Clever"
- find Enterprise High School
- click Log on with Google
- use your school Gmail credentials to log in
- on the far left, scroll down and click "Prepare for Entrance Exams." Then make your choice and begin! You can choose flashcards, pre-assessments, practice tests, etc. Work on all subject areas or just specific ones!
ACT test prep books are available for checkout in the EHS Library. These are a great tool!