PreACT Secure & PreACT 9 Secure (April)
Assessment Name(s)
- PreACT 9 Secure
- PreACT Secure
Vendor/Overseen by
- ACT Education Corp.
Testing Date(s) for 2025-2026 School Year
- April 15, 2026
Students Testing
- 9th grade students - PreACT 9 Secure
- 10th grade students - PreACT Secure
Purpose and Description
Used as a standards-based assessment of student learning in ELA, math, reading, science
- Mandated by ISBE (used for accountability and evaluation of district/school)
- PreACT 9 Secure is a practice version of the ACT intended for 9th grade students
- PreACT Secure is a practice version of the ACT intended for 10th grade students
- Both serve as predictors of future ACT scoring
- Administered digitally with some accommodations for specific students
Estimated Time
- approximately 2.5 hours -- standard time
Interpreting Scores
| Readiness Benchmark Scores | ||||||||
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Fall
PreACT 8/9
8th Grade
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Spring
PreACT 8/9
8th Grade
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Fall
PreACT 8/9
9th Grade
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Spring
PreACT 9 Secure
9th Grade
|
Fall
PreACT
10th Grade
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Spring
PreACT Secure
10th Grade
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Fall
PreACT
11th Grade
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Spring
ACT
11th Grade
|
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| English | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
| Math | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 |
| Reading | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Science | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 |
| STEM | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| ELA* | 20 | |||||||
*ACT ELA scores are only reported for students who take the writing test. Because PreACT 8/9 and PreACT do not include a writing test, ELA scores are not reported and an ELA Benchmark has not been established for PreACT 8/9 or PreACT.
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