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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/11/act_offers_first_accommodations_for_english-learners.html

ACT Offers First Accommodations for English-Language Learners
by Catherine Gewertz
November 14, 2016

ACT Inc., announced Monday that it will provide, for the first time, accommodations for English-learners who take its college-entrance exam.

The options will become available in the fall of 2017. Students will have to apply for them through their school counselor's office. The accommodations announced Monday include:

•    More time on the test: up to time-and-a-half
•    Use of an approved word-to-word bilingual glossary (one that has no word definitions)
•    Testing in a non-distracting environment (i.e., in a separate room)
•    Test instructions provided in the student's native language (including Spanish and a limited number of other languages initially)

Read the full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/11/act_offers_first_accommodations_for_english-learners.html