Support ACT Readiness with Arizona’s Direct Student Services Grant

Program B of Arizona’s Direct Student Services Grant gives local education agencies (LEAs) a clear path to expand ACT readiness for Grade 11 students through direct student services. It allocates funding for ACT preparation delivered by an established and recognized vendor, along with related supports such as curriculum materials, high-quality tutoring services, online or blended learning modules.

With Arizona’s Program B application window open, now is the time to include MasteryPrep in your plan to expand ACT preparation for Grade 11 students.

Why MasteryPrep for Program B?

MasteryPrep helps Arizona districts use Program B funding to deliver targeted ACT preparation that aligns with grant priorities and supports student performance at scale.

Targeted Support for Priority Students

Designed to support CSI, ATSI, and TSI schools, with a focus on low-achieving students who need additional intervention

Flexible, Scalable Delivery

Implement across schools and student groups through in-person Boot Camps, classroom-based resources, and online learning

Comprehensive ACT Readiness Solutions

Build a full readiness plan with:

  • Boot Camps for targeted intervention
  • Curriculum and Bell Ringers for ongoing instruction
  • Practice Testing + Online Course and ACT Online Prep for data-driven practice
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Aligned to Grant Funding Uses

MasteryPrep supports allowable Program B expenses, including:

  • ACT prep services from an established vendor
  • Instructional materials and curriculum
  • Tutoring and live instruction
  • Online and blended learning tools

Built for Equity and Impact

Focused on efficient, high-impact strategies that help districts improve outcomes while serving more students

MasteryPrep Is an Official Strategic Partner of ACT Education Corp.

ACT Education Corp. and MasteryPrep have joined forces to deliver a next-generation ACT preparation platform you can deliver to students in the classroom setting—ACT Online Prep, Powered by MasteryPrep.

This strategic partnership, finalized in 2025, builds on a years-long existing relationship between ACT and MasteryPrep. It combines ACT’s research-backed assessment content with MasteryPrep’s proven digital learning tools to provide schools and districts with a powerful, standards-aligned solution for ACT readiness.

Readiness Solutions for the ACT

Professional Development

Provides teachers with practical strategies, instructional techniques, and resources they can integrate into daily instruction

Curriculum

A mastery-based curriculum for the ACT with ready-to-use lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, and workbooks to eliminate prep time

Practice Testing & Online Course

Realistic practice tests and adaptive online instruction designed to give students the support needed for ACT success

Bell Ringers

Daily warm-up exercises that steadily build ACT readiness while saving teachers prep time, designed to be completed in just five minutes

Boot Camp

Engaging, high-impact workshops addressing essential ACT test-taking strategies to boost scores—and student confidence—in one day

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Improving Outcomes Through Standards-Based Readiness: Strategies from ACT and MasteryPrep

In this one-hour session, Craig Gehring, founder and CEO of MasteryPrep, joins Darin Scheer, vice president of client relations at ACT, to explore how standards and data work together in a platform to guide effective instruction and test preparation.

SPEAKERS:

Craig Gehring

Founder and CEO of MasteryPrep

Darin Scheer

Vice President of Client Relations at ACT

NEW BLOG

The ACT is changing.

Get insights from CEO and Founder Craig Gehring into the new test format and how it will impact student preparation.