 In addition to the ACT test, ACT programs include ACT Aspire, PreACT, ACT Tessera, ACT CollegeReady, ACT WorkKeys, and the National Career Readiness Certificate.The ACT was co-founded by University of Iowa professor Everett Franklin Lindquist in 1959.Lindquist earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1927, and then immediately joined its College of Education faculty.