Created in response to changing patterns in college attendance in the United States, ACT sought to make an exam that more accurately judged the ability of a student to perform well in college or university. Originally standing for American College Testing, the company ACT that makes the test presented data announcing its predictive value. ![]() Then in 1959, Everett Franklin Lindquist launched the ACT test as a competitor to the SAT. That’s because until the 1950s, the SAT (formerly the Scholastic Aptitude Test) had been the only standardized college entrance exam in the U.S. When most people think of a test as being part of college applications, they think of the SAT. ![]() The ACT is designed to assess whether a student is ready for college.
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