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Last updated: 11 September 2026; every date, deadline and fee below was read that day on ACT’s own registration pages. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. QUICK ANSWER The ACT is given seven times in the 2026–27 school year: 19 September, 17 October and 12 December 2026, then 27 February, 10

Last updated: 11 September 2026; every time, question count and rule on this page was read that day on ACT’s own pages. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. QUICK ANSWER The ACT is 2 hours 5 minutes of testing for the three required sections: English (35 minutes), Math (50) and Reading

Last updated: 11 September 2026; every rule, timing and figure below was read that day on ACT’s own pages. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. THE FIVE THAT MATTER MOST 1. Answer every question — there is no penalty for a wrong one. 2. Pace by passage, not by question. 3.

Last updated: September 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. The short answer. ACT reports the national average composite as 19.4 in 2024, so anything above that is above average. The more useful test of “good enough” is ACT’s own College and Career Readiness Benchmarks: English 18, Math 22, Reading 22,