High school juniors across Ohio who took the ACT online during spring state or district testing logged into their MyACT accounts this week to find something nobody wants to see: missing scores. ACT has told districts that the affected reports are being pulled so the company can fix a scoring issue, with recalculated results to follow.
According to The Columbus Dispatch, ACT emailed school district test coordinators on May 13 to say that some spring, in-school online scores would need to be removed and reissued. The outlet reported that ACT told districts students' composite and section scores will either stay the same or tick up slightly once the numbers are run again.
Several districts have told families that ACT has already started stripping scores from MyACT accounts and expects revised reports to be posted no later than June 2. Bossier Schools advised parents on May 13 that ACT will automatically resend any updated scores to students' high schools and to any colleges or scholarship agencies students previously selected.
Who Is Affected
According to Academic Approach and district notices, the problem is largely confined to students who took spring, in-school online ACT administrations, not those who sat for weekend national test dates. Test-prep analysts say the recalculation most likely involves scaling or equating across different test forms, a statistical step that standardizes scores, rather than any misgraded answer keys.
What Students And Colleges Should Know
Districts are telling families that students do not need to do anything to trigger the fix. Updated scores will automatically appear in MyACT and will be resent to colleges and scholarship agencies, as Bossier Schools noted. Students and parents who are staring down immediate application or scholarship deadlines are being urged to check in with school counselors or admissions offices about how to handle timing.
Why It Matters In Ohio
Ohio provides the ACT to all juniors each spring as a state-administered college and career readiness test, so the rescoring ripple could reach nearly every high school in the state and brush up against scholarship windows and district accountability reporting. Bexley City Schools and other districts describe the ACT as the state testing route for 11th graders.
ACT has not yet released a detailed technical explanation beyond notices sent directly to districts, as Academic Approach pointed out. This story will be updated as ACT or local districts provide more information. In the meantime, students should keep an eye on their MyACT accounts and official messages from their schools for the reposting of scores.
