The ACT has just released a free “Preparing for the ACT” booklet that models the new format that students taking the paper ACT in September will see. Here is a link to it:
Preparing for the ACT 2025-26 Booklet
Students will notice that the English questions all have prompts, the Math section no longer has sets of questions on a common table or chart, the Reading section has four fewer questions, and the Science consistently has seven passages. In addition to this free preparation book, the ACT has made four tests available in the new paper-based format in their new Official ACT Prep Guide. Note that one of the tests in the Official ACT Prep Guide is the same as the one in the Preparing for the ACT booklet.
We have also created four tests that you can use to practice the enhanced ACT format:
Practice ACT English Test
Practice ACT Math Test
Practice ACT Reading Test
Practice ACT Science Test
More preparation material from other authors will be forthcoming now that the ACT has publicized their practice tests. I have been hard at work on the new Barron’s ACT book that will have six practice tests modeled on the enhanced ACT test format–this book will be released in January of 2026.
–Brian Stewart