Alabama Student Assessment Program Overview
ACT with Writing
The ACT is the capstone of ACT College and Career Readiness Solutions, and it is aligned to Alabama's College and Career Readiness Standards. The ACT with Writing is administered to all Grade 11 students enrolled in Alabama public high schools.
The ACT
* is accepted by all four-year colleges and universities in the United States;
* will enable school and district leaders to track student performance with aggregated and standards-based reporting past high school classes;
* will be used as an instructional improvement program statewide to improve the college and career readiness of Alabama students;
* will raise college awareness and exposure among all students, rather than just self-selected, college-bound students now that it is administered statewide.
The ACT individual High School Reports are excellent tools that can be used by counselors and teachers as they assist students in preparing for their futures. Educators will know the students' educational strengths and weaknesses, areas of need, college plans, and career interests. Teachers and administrators will use the ACT Profile Report in intervention, curriculum review, course planning, collaboration, and professional development.
PreACT
PreACT is a multiple-choice assessment that offers 10th graders early experience with ACT test items, provides a predicted ACT test score, and offers a wealth of information to help students get the start they need to be college ready.
ACT WorkKeys
All Grade 12 students in Alabama public schools will be assessed with the ACT WorkKeys. ACT WorkKeys assessments are research-based measures of foundational work skills required for success across industries and occupations. They have been used for more than two decades by job seekers, employees, employers, students, educators, administrators, and workforce and economic developers.
ACT WorkKeys assessments measure the cognitive and non-cognitive skills needed for success in the workforce. Students take the Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information tests. Based on the scores attained on the three assessment, students may be eligible to earn a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum Certificate.
AAA
The Alabama Alternate Assessment (AAA) is a performance task assessment administered as an alternate to the general education state assessment. The AAA is administered to students with significant cognitive disabilities working on the Alabama Extended Standards. The AAA ia a paper-based multiple choice assessment administered in the areas of reading and mathematics in Grades 3-8 and 10 and science in Grades 5, 7, and 10.
ACCESS for ELLs 2.0
ACCESS for ELLS 2.0 is administered to students in Grades K-12 who have been identified as English language learners (ELs). It is given annually in Alabama and is used to monitor EL students' progress in acquiring academic English within the school context, as well as language associated with language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies across four domains of Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing.