More than 80% of four-year colleges are test-optional or test-blind. The revised ACT will debut in 2025 and be shortened to about two hours. Students may take the test on paper or online.

Janet Godwin, CEO of ACT, recently announced changes to the ACT test. Beginning April 2025, there will be more time per question. Overall, the number of questions is being reduced from 215 to 171 ...

Experts note that some schools that became test-optional during the ... the College Board and the ACT organization provide conversion charts to show how composite scores stack up.