通知：2018年ACT北美地区将新增夏季考试

2月21日，ACT官方推特发送消息：从2018年开始，你将有机会在夏季参考ACT！首场夏季考试的时间在2018年的7月。

ACT官网也同步了关于新增暑期档考试的新闻稿：

官方信息主要提及以下内容：

1.  2018年ACT准备新增一场夏季考试，北美全年的ACT考试次数由6场变为7场，第一次ACT夏季考试日期将在2018年7月举行。

2. ACT官方人士Suzana Delanghe表示：学生希望在ED（早期录取）截止日期前能够增加考试。并且将考试增加次数安排在暑假，有利于学生平时准备校内功课，在暑假专注备考ACT。

3. 目前ACT考试大多在美国高中举行，考虑到暑期多数高中会关闭校园，新增的7月ACT考试考场将大多设置在美国大学校园内。

4.2018年初会开放7月份的ACT考试报名。

以下是信息原文：

ACT TO OFFER NEW ACT TEST DATE IN SUMMER

Iowa City, IA  February 21, 2017

IOWA CITY, Iowa—Starting in 2018, ACT will begin offering students the opportunity to take the ACT® test in the summer. The first ACT summer test date will take place in July 2018, increasing the number of national ACT test dates from six to seven.

“Students, educators and colleges have told us they would like to see an extra test date prior to early admission and application deadlines, and we have listened,” said ACT Chief Commercial Officer Suzana Delanghe. “This additional test date will allow students to focus on their coursework while they are in school and prepare for the ACT test during the summer.”

While the majority of current ACT test centers are located in high schools, most July ACT test centers will likely be located on two- and four year college and university campuses, as many high schools across the country are closed or operate with very limited staff in the summer months.

Registration for the new July test date will open in early 2018. More information on test center locations will be available at that time.

虽然这个官方邮件通知新增加的2018年暑期考试仅在北美考试，并未提及北美以外的考场。但联系到竞争对手SAT之前的做法，宣布新增8月考试，但先在北美考场试运行一年。我们完全可以合理想象成这也许是一种趋势，以后会不会在亚太地区也增设7月份考场还需拭目以待。