ACT announces a shorter test with Science section optional along the lines of Writing section. 44 fewer questions and 2 hour long for the core ACT test(English, Math, and Reading). More details from ACT at this link: The ACT Test Is Evolving

Here is a quick summary of what is new about The Official ACT Prep Guide 2023-24 that was released in summer of 2023.

• Test 1(23MC1) is the only new test in the 2023-2024 guide when compared to last year’s Official ACT Prep Guide 2022-23. This test is identical to the official 2021 December ACT test(Form code E23)

• There are eight tests in total, six in the printed guide, and two other available via online access. Tests 7 and 8 can only be accessed via ACT’s online website.

• Here are the details on the eight tests and the corresponding form codes from official ACT tests.

  • Test 1 (23MC1): Identical to 2021 December ACT test(E23).
  • Test 2 (18MC4): Identical to 2017 June ACT test(74C).
  • Test 3 (19MC5): Identical to 2017 December ACT test(A10).
  • Test 4 (20MC6): Identical to 2018 June ACT test(A11).
  • Test 5 (20MC8): Identical to 2020 July ACT test(C01).
  • Test 6 (22MC9): Identical to 2019 December ACT test(C03).
  • Test 7 (16MC1): Mix of 2015 June ACT test(73C) and Real ACT Prep Guide 3rd edition.
  • Test 8 (16MC2): Mix of 2015 April ACT test(73G) and Real ACT Prep Guide 3rd edition.

You can find video explanations to the math section from these eight tests at this page: Official ACT Prep Guide 2023-2024 video explanations.

 
ACT has released a new version of the 2021-2022 Preparing for the ACT Test Form 2176CPRE. This is a new test and is identical to the 2021 April ACT Form Z04. The test can be downloaded from this link: Preparing for the ACT 2021-2022 and my video explanations are at this link: Video Playlist 2021-2022 Preparing for the ACT test.

Here is a quick summary of what is new about The Official Beginner’s Guide for ACT 2020-2021 1st Edition that was released in February 2020.

• PreACT Diagnostic Test: The guide provides online access to one full length PreACT diagnostic test that can be used by 9th to 12th graders(highly recommended for 10th graders) to predict student performance on the ACT test. This PreACT diagnostic test was originally administered as PreACT Form 16A in October of 2016.

• ACT Practice Test (Form 20MC7): The guide contains one full length ACT practice test and this test is identical to the 2018 April ACT Test Form A09. The book also provides access to this same test in an online format.

My recommendation is to not buy this guide, and instead practice with the two original official tests that are included in this guide: PreACT Form 16A and 2018 April ACT Test Form A09.

 
ACT to allow students to retake individual sections of the test beginning September 2020. Also an ACT composite score with the highest section scores will be provided, also known as an ACT “superscore”. More details from official ACT blog on superscoring.