protections for the privacy of its customers’ personal information. Major events On November 7, 1959, the first-ever ACT test was delivered to 75,406 students. In 1964, the ACT introduced the ACT Student Profile, which collects information about students’ interests, plans, and accomplishments. In 1972, ACT offered its first professional services examination (Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program, or OKAP). In 1973, the ACT Interest Inventory, a tool for education and career exploration, was incorporated into the ACT test. In 1983, ACT introduced ASSET®, a program for placing students in postsecondary courses, which later became known as Compass®. In 1992, WorkKeys assessments provided applicants, employees, and employers a means for assessing work readiness. In 1996, ACT changed its name from "American College Testing" to ACT, Inc. In 2005, the writing test was introduced as an optional element of the ACT test. In 2006, ACT created the National Career Readiness Certificate, a credentialing tool to confirm foundational job skills. In 2012, for the first time, more students took the ACT than took that SAT. In 2013, ACT established the ACT Foundation, intended to help working learners. In 2014, ACT introduced ACT Aspire, a longitudinal system for connecting student growth from the elementary grades through early high school. In 2015, the ACT test began including additional indicators and scores for English Language Arts (ELA); Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM); Text Complexity; and Career Readiness. In 2016, ACT created the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, which focuses on issues affecting underserved students in education and the workforce. Products and services The ACT test became the leading college readiness assessment in 2012, surpassing the SAT in the number of students taking the exam. For the US high school graduating class of 2019, 52 percent of all graduates took the ACT. The total number of 2019 high school graduates taking the ACT exceeded 1.78 million. The ACT measures high school students' general educational development and academic readiness to complete first-year college-level work. For the tested students from the high school graduating class of 2019, 37 percent met ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks in at least three of the four subject areas the ACT tests—English, math, reading, and science. Scores are reported on a 1–36 scale, with a composite score that represents the average scores from each of the four subject area tests. All ACT scores are reported as whole numbers (e.g., a score of 23.5 rounds up