DATE:
June 4, 2026
TO:
High School Administrators
High School Counselors
High School Registrars
FROM:
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Assessment, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
ACT Scores to Be Removed from High School Transcripts
Principals are encouraged to forward the following information to their counselors and registrars.
Beginning Monday, June 29th, Information Systems will remove all historical ACT scores from students’ high school transcripts. In addition, no new ACT scores will appear on students’ transcripts.
ACT has provided the following guidance: “ACT recommends that schools do not include State or District ACT scores on school transcripts to avoid student privacy concerns or inconsistent score report data.”
ACT's philosophy is that students own their scores. When a school district automatically prints an ACT score on an official academic transcript, it fundamentally interferes with this ownership in two ways:
- ACT allows students to decide which scores they want to send to colleges - especially with the advent of the superscore. This is crucial for students who choose to take the exam more than once. Posting an ACT score on a transcript means the student loses the opportunity to suppress a low score, effectively stripping them of their right to privacy and control over their own testing history. ACT allows maximum flexibility, allowing students to share all of their scores, single subtest scores or superscores.
- ACT has a uniquely generous policy that allows students to permanently delete a test date record from their file at any time (except for state testing used for accountability). However, if a district has already added the score to the student's transcript, deleting the score from ACT's files becomes pointless because colleges will see it on the high school transcripts.
For questions about ACT scores on transcripts, please contact Ben Jameson in Assessment, Research & Accountability. For questions on how to download high school transcripts, please contact the Information Systems Help Desk.
High schools are encouraged to share this information with parents and students using the following message:
To parents of [name of high school],
Beginning Monday, June 29th, the Jordan School District will remove all historical ACT scores from students’ high school transcripts. In addition, no new ACT scores will appear on students’ transcripts.
ACT has provided the following guidance: “ACT recommends that schools do not include State or District ACT scores on school transcripts to avoid student privacy concerns or inconsistent score report data.”
ACT's philosophy is that students own their scores. When a school district automatically prints an ACT score on an official academic transcript, it fundamentally interferes with this ownership in two ways:
- ACT allows students to decide which scores they want to send to colleges - especially with the advent of the superscore. This is crucial for students who choose to take the exam more than once. Posting an ACT score on a transcript means the student loses the opportunity to suppress a low score, effectively stripping them of their right to privacy and control over their own testing history. ACT offers maximum flexibility, allowing students to share all of their scores, single subtest scores, or superscores.
- ACT has a uniquely generous policy that allows students to permanently delete a test date record from their file at any time (except for state testing used for accountability). However, if a district has already added the score to the student's transcript, deleting the score from ACT's files becomes pointless because colleges will see it on the high school transcripts.
Between now and June 29th, students may order their high school transcripts with ACT scores by clicking the following link: [include link to order transcripts from your school’s website].
