ACT To Take Plunge Into National Network of Assessment Centers
After being sidetracked four years ago, ACT Inc. is about to create a national network of computerized-testing centers where it will offer products to help job-seekers learn and demonstrate the skills they need to bolster their careers.
The Iowa City, Iowa-based publisher of the ACT—the college-entrance exam taken by high school students primarily in the Midwest and the South—will open 40 testing centers in the next few months and is on its way to having 250 operating by the end of next year, said Richard L. Ferguson, the president of ACT.
At the centers, students and people already in the workforce will be able to take ACT's Work Keys assessment, which tests general skills. Certification exams that ACT prepares for professional organizations will also be...
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