Optional science section for online test takers beginning in 2025. Optional science section for school-day testing in 2026 (of note for current NC rising sophomores who will test at school in Feb/March 2026). If students elect to not take the science section, the ACT will take them approximately 2 hours. What about those who take the ACT on paper? Not sure in 2025, but my sense is the paper test is going to go away. How will colleges react? I predict that they won’t care much at all …
A good summary of the changes can be found here.