Pre-ACT Secure (9/10)

PreACT secure is a summative assessment given to 9th and 10th grade students, that is aligned to the ACT and the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards. PreACT Secure measures what students have learned in the areas of English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science.

Educators will find that PreACT Secure closely mirrors the ACT in many ways, including implementation, test delivery, score, and reporting. PreACT Secure scores predict how students will perform on the ACT when they reach 11th grade and their readiness for college-level coursework.

PreACT Secure is an online assessment.

PreACT Secure 9/10 has decreased the time per subtest and number of questions for 2026:

ENGLISH- 35 min./48 questions
MATH- 45 min./36 questions

BREAK

READING 40 min./33 questions
SCIENCE 35 min./36 questions

TEST DATE

April 7, 2026

GRADE LEVEL

9/10

Students will be arranged alphabetically and in groups of up to 22 per room. Proctors will be 9th and 10th grade W.I.N teachers.

Students with accommodations will test in rooms with students who have similar accommodations.

TEST REGISTRATION

All students are registered for this WI State Assessment

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Students do not need to register

WHAT IS NEEDED ON TEST DAY

Fully charged chromebook
Charger
ACT approved calculator
pencil

Pre-ACT Secure INFORMATION

Understanding Your PreACT Secure Results

WI DPI website for further information
PRESENTATIONS:
- - Presentation for student prep- shared Feb. 6
  - Test Day details presentation

ACT (includes PreACT Secure) High School Assessments - Information for Families Brochure

- - - Spanish translation
    - Hmong translation

PreACT Secure 9/10 resources

Preparing for the PreACT Secure 9 and PreACT Secure (grade 10)- guide to tools and the test. This is a great resource for test taking tips and a review for all the tools in the test.

TestNav (web version) *students can also access this on their chromebook but shutting down completely, opening their chromebook, clicking apps in the lower left of the screen and then Test Nav.

- - - - PreACT Secure 9 and PreACT Secure (grade 10) answers and scoring doc *** This scoring doc is for the web version NOT the one students access using their chromebook. If they use their chromebook version, they will have two options to practice. The link above would take them to a final practice where they could see the official answers.