Kaplan Comments on Major Changes to the ACT® Exam, Set to Launch in 2025
“These represent some of the most significant changes to the ACT in its more than 60-year history, with many aspects from its length to content seeing revisions. In general, we think these changes are student-friendly, especially the testing time being cut from three to two hours. The test will include shorter passages on the Reading and English sections and fewer questions in each section – 44 fewer questions in all, allowing test takers more time to thoughtfully answer each question. While the new ACT will still challenge test takers’ time management skills and remain an experience they have to prepare for, it won’t be quite the marathon it has been.
“Another major change to the exam will be the Science section no longer being mandatory. Like the Writing section, which had already gone optional, Science will be offered as a separate section with its own score, meaning that test takers can choose to take the ACT, the ACT plus Science, the ACT plus Writing, or the ACT plus Science and Writing. This additional flexibility allows students to highlight their academic strengths to colleges that they alone decide on. Keep in mind that the test does become longer if you take these additional stand-alone sections.
“These changes come at a time of big developments on the college admissions landscape, including the recent trend of many top colleges and universities — including Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, the
“Over the next few months, Kaplan will do what it does best whenever there’s a test change of this magnitude: educate students, parents, and high school counselors about what this means for them and revamp our courses to make sure we effectively prepare students for Test Day.”
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