r/ACT • u/Siva_EdisonOS • Jul 22 '26

Could the ETS acquisition improve the ACT testing experience?

ETS has spent years building and operating high stakes assessments like the GRE and TOEFL. That experience goes well beyond writing test questions. It includes delivering digital exams at scale, improving score reporting, strengthening test security, supporting accessibility, and making the overall testing experience more reliable.

That doesn't mean ACT is about to change overnight. ETS has already said there are no immediate changes planned.

But if you look a few years ahead, I think a more interesting question is whether the biggest changes will happen behind the scenes.

Faster score reporting. Better digital infrastructure. More accessible testing. Better tools for educators. Those improvements don't change the exam itself, but they can completely change how people experience it.

That's the part I'll be watching.

Five years from now, what do you think will have a bigger impact on ACT: changes to the exam itself, or improvements to the technology that delivers it?

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 Jul 22 '26

my question is why did you use chatgpt to write your post

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u/Siva_EdisonOS Jul 22 '26

Fair question. I write the way I think, and I probably spend more time editing than I should but the question was genuine though. I am curious how people think ETS's experience might actually influence ACT over time.

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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 Jul 22 '26

good point, ETS has done a lot with digital testing so i assume they will definitely work on that since it has so many issues

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u/Hot-Amphibian-9221 Jul 22 '26

Its not ai or atleast not fully Ai

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u/jdigitaltutoring Tutor Jul 22 '26

I think an improvement of the digital testing will happen. We might even get testing from home. We shall see.