07/14/2026
For those who have not already heard, the UAA Testing Center has officially closed and is no longer providing testing services: https://ftllc.co/452VqrH
This is especially concerning because UAA was the only location in Anchorage offering national ACT testing.
This morning we spoke with the test administration team at ACT and they're working to get us more information about the situation, but what we do know is that currently no other facilities have applied to become testing centers in Anchorage yet. The process involves the facility reaching out to ACT directly to apply and go through the process of becoming a National Testing Center, but ACT is also going to try and reach out to locations in Anchorage who might be willing to become testing centers as well.
We're continuing to reach out to local schools over the next few days to try and see if any will volunteer to proctor upcoming ACTs, but because it is still summer it may be several weeks before we know whether ACT testing will be available in Anchorage this fall.
For students who were planning to take the ACTs and who are not in a position to wait and see what happens, here are the immediate options which are available:
🛫Travel to another testing location🛫
Homer, Juneau, and Fairbanks currently have seats available for fall ACT dates. Juneau has the greatest availability, with two separate testing centers.
🧑🏫Request arranged testing🧑🏫
Students may request an individually arranged ACT administration, although the eligibility requirements are fairly strict. There must be no available testing center within 75 miles of Anchorage through next July, and the student must find a school official or other qualified test coordinator willing to proctor the exam.
More information is available here: https://ftllc.co/44uIzhS
📃Consider switching to the SAT📃
Students who have not already done so may take a free practice SAT through Frontier Tutoring to determine whether their SAT scores are comparable to—or stronger than—their ACT performance: https://ftllc.co/4wJNTdb
We will also provide a free meeting to review each student’s results and discuss which test may be the better fit. Colleges accept the SAT and ACT equally, so there is generally no reason to favor one test unless a student performs meaningfully better on it or has another specific preference.'
Following a review of institutional needs and utilization, upcoming changes will be made to testing center operations over the summer 2026 term.
