Madison teacher and ACT tutor Ashly Johnston believes the changes will be beneficial and will improve student performance. Hopefully, students won’t feel rushed to complete the test or get fatigued.

For years, ACT scores were a key piece to college admissions. But now, schools are putting more emphasis on other factors like GPA as opposed to one test. Amid the COVID pandemic, many colleges ...

The testing agency said the answers of students who took the ACT test at Millikin University on Sept. 14 never made it to their intended destination. As a result, no scores will be possible.

The share of applicants reporting SAT or ACT scores plunged in 2020, as COVID-19 shuttered testing sites and drove hundreds of colleges to adopt “test-optional” admissions.