ACT outage disrupts testing in Tennessee
A widespread outage disrupted testing for 29 out of the 34 districts administering ACTs on Tuesday.
The Tennessee Department of Education said it learned of a national service disruption affecting the platform used by the ACT, which stands for American College Testing. The standardized test is largely accepted by colleges and universities as part of the application process.
"Throughout the day, TDOE has been communicating with the impacted districts," a spokesperson form the department told The Tennessean via email on Tuesday afternoon. "They have the authority to decide when/if to postpone their ACT testing day."
The issue was identified and resolved as of Tuesday afternoon. Students who already began their test before the disruption will be able to pick up where they left off when they return.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: ACT outage disrupts testing in Tennessee
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