The Road to Test Prep Success Starts Here
ACT® Practice Tests:
Designed to Mirror the Look and Feel of the Real Test
NOTE: This is for new students only. If you are working with Compass as a 1-on-1 tutoring client, please log into your account to request a practice test through the “Schedule a Practice Test” button on the Tests tab. If you are enrolled in a group class or have ever taken a practice test with us, please contact us at (800) 685-6986 or tests@compassprep.com to set up a new practice test.
Students who have tested with Compass previously may see a repeat test when using this registration.
Accommodations: Timing accommodations are available for all practice tests.
OnlineOnline On-Demand
In-PersonLive In-Person
$ 50*
Per Test- Paper Test
- In-Person
- Human Proctor
- At Set Locations
- On Set Days/Times
ZoomLive on Zoom
After the Test: Questions and answers are available to review for 120 days following the completion of a practice test.
Practice Test Donation Campaign: 10% of the proceeds from all practice tests are donated to organizations that enact social change through educational programming!
Financial Aid: Need-based fee waivers are available.
*NY In-Person Practice Tests are $100.
Compass Digital/Paper ACT Practice Tests
Digital/Paper ACT Test (Overview)
ACT Overview
The current ACT is offered in two formats: online and paper. The content and structure is identical, but there are two form factors from which to choose.
Note: Before choosing the online version of the ACT, students must confirm that they can register for a test site that offers online testing. Unlike the (now digital) SAT which allows students to test on their own device, the online ACT must be administered on computers provided by the host. This mechanical requirement limits the availability of online ACT options at national sites. Therefore, most online ACTs are taken through School Day administrations.
The good news is that students will have plenty of diagnostic exams available to them. The PreACT is to the ACT what the PSAT is to the SAT. If a student’s high school does not offer the PreACT, Compass provides full-length diagnostic ACT exams, in both formats, on-demand.
However, the format (online vs. paper) becomes a complicated matter as a student continues further down the ACT pathway in this transitional year. Both formats of the current ACT will be phased out at different points during the class of 2026’s testing period, and the exact timing and number of available test dates will depend on whether or not a student’s high school offers School Day testing.
This dizzying matrix of restrictive conditions is important for students and their testing advisors to work through for students who prefer the ACT. We summarize the wind-down of the current ACT in the chart below.
Plenty of high-quality test prep material exists for the current ACT, and scores from the current ACT will be universally accepted across the college admissions landscape wherever test scores are required or considered.
Digital ACT Practice Test (Demo)
Compass Testing Center
Piloted through our partnerships with hundreds of leading high schools around the nation, practice tests for the new ACT are now available to individual students. Tests are self-administered and score reports are released the same day. Students will get a feel for the new test format including:
Key features include:
- Immediate scoring
- An enhanced score report that includes time spent per question
- Highlighter, Answer Masking, and Answer Eliminator tools to help you mark up your online test
- Question Flagging that lets your tutors see where you felt most challenged during the test
- The freedom to start your test whenever you’re ready; extended time accommodations if needed
Want to learn more? Take a tour of the Online Testing Center.
Important Note: The practice test demo in our testing center must be accessed through Safari, Chrome, or Firefox on a laptop, desktop, or tablet. Mobile phones are not supported.
Sophisticated Score Reports (Features)
Advanced Diagnostics
To help you get where you want to go, we want to see where you currently stand. Our practice test score reports provide a detailed portrait of your testing strengths and weaknesses, allowing us to make recommendations tailored to your personal needs.
- Interactive Score Reports for a much deeper dive into your diagnostics
- Digital Adaptive Testing to mirror the multistage adaptive design on test day
- SAT/ACT Comparison Tool to determine your best path forward for admissions
- Percentile Ranking Tool to show how different score gains will improve your competitive standing among your peers
- Similar Scorers Chart to illustrate how students with commensurate testing ability performed on each of the questions
- Question flagging to review specific questions that you got right but didn’t fully understand
- Attractor Answers to show which trap answers you did and didn’t fall for
- Question Performance Tab to show how you fared in specific areas
Practice Tests Terms & Conditions
As with official testing by the College Board or ACT, capacity constraints may limit our ability to confirm students at their first-choice testing sessions. We may be able to accommodate students by offering a different testing location (including online options via our Online Testing Center or with an online proctor) or a different time and date. Students must schedule practice tests with sufficient notice to allow Compass staff to prepare the appropriate testing materials. In most cases, self-administered, at-home testing is also an option. Tests taken at home must be mailed to a student in advance, so planning is important. Compass reserves the right to enact, enforce, and alter test scheduling and reservation policies.
Registered users can Login for the current list of testing times and locations. Please keep in mind that a session may already be full. A practice test request made via any page on our website (www.compassprep.com or my.compassprep.com) does not constitute a reservation. You will be notified by the Compass office about our ability to confirm your place on the testing roster. If we do not already have a credit card on file, we will contact you for payment of the proctored practice test fee. We understand that plans change. The testing fee will be credited back to your Compass account as long as cancellation or rescheduling takes place at least 72 hours before the start of a testing session. Students with delinquent balances may be asked to arrange payment before testing sessions are booked.
Students receiving testing accommodations from an official testing organization should discuss their needs with a Compass director. Extended time and other accommodations may only be available at certain testing locations and at certain times. Always reconfirm the specific accommodation when scheduling future testing, as our proctoring staff cannot make last-minute changes.
Each test type has a limited number of available forms released by the testing organization. Compass directors can advise you about recommended scheduling to maximize the benefit from these forms.
Practice tests are best thought of as periodic performances that allow the student and a Compass tutor to assess progress. As such, we discourage practice testing that is not tied to Compass insight and instruction. Serial testing may prove detrimental by reinforcing bad habits and taking time away from thoughtful practice of skills and strategies. If instruction is being provided by a non-Compass tutor or company, we ask that you contact that tutor or tutoring company about their practice test offerings. Compass reserves the right to limit or decline practice testing in these situations.