Intermediaryed

“Joseph a. Aguerrebere, jr. And belle s. Wheelan have a business relationship with sarita e. Brown to the extent that they are directors of a tax-exempt organization that employs sarita e. Brown. Some current and former officers, directors, and key employees have a business relationship with other current and former officers, directors, and key employees to the extent that they also serve together on the boards of other related entities: (1) marten roorda and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act international b.v. (2) marten roorda and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act education solutions ltd (hong kong). (3) marten roorda and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act education solutions (australia) pty ltd. (4) marten roorda and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act information consulting (shanghai) co ltd. (5) marten roorda and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act business solutions b.v. (6) thomas j. Goedken and janet e. Godwin are directors of act assessment technologies, inc. (fka act bridge, inc.) (7) thomas j. Goedken, marten roorda, and richard patz are directors of act aspire, llc. (8) thomas j. Goedken and richard patz are directors of pacific metrics corporation. (9) thomas j. Goedken and richard patz are directors of opened, inc.”

“Procedures for review of form 990 the audit committee of the corporation conducts a substantive review of the form 990 prior to its filing with the assistance of the corporation's senior director of tax, payroll and contracts and the corporation's chief financial officer, counsel, and staff. The final version of the form 990 is provided to all of the members of the corporation's board of directors before it is filed with the irs.”

“Act has created an ethics advisory committee. Members of the ethics advisory committee review conflict of interest questionnaires submitted by employees and are responsible for seeing that conflicts of interest are investigated and appropriately addressed. They also work closely with act's human resources department to develop education and training programs for employees regarding the conflicts of interest policy and ethics issues. The ethics advisory committee reports directly to the audit committee of act's board of directors. Conflict of interest questionnaires submitted by directors or officers are reviewed and addressed by the audit committee.”

“Compensation of the ceo is determined based upon a process that includes contemporaneous documentation and an independent compensation study conducted by a professional firm. Among other benchmarks, the study includes a review of compensation published by similar organizations contained in form 990. Compensation of the ceo is approved by the board based upon the recommendation of the compensation committee. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15b: compensation of all other officers and key employees is established under act's compensation policy. The ceo approves the compensation for all other officers.”

“Act does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public.”

“Per act policy, board members are expected to participate in four three-day board meetings, committee meetings that occur throughout the year, and at other times to discuss important and strategic matters pertaining to act. In exchange for their valuable time and service, act compensates the board with an annual amount that is prorated for meeting attendance and partial years of service. The chairman of the board and committee chairs, as well as board members who are requested to provide time other than for meeting attendance, receive additional compensation at a commensurate rate. In addition to serving as a voting member of the board of directors, marten roorda also serves as ceo of act. His compensation as ceo is disclosed on form 990, part vii, section a and schedule j. He receives no additional compensation for service as a member of the board of directors.”

“Hours listed for each individual are reported on a calendar year basis. Hours reported for employees represent recorded payroll hours. Actual hours worked may exceed the hours reported.”

“Act has state organizations that serve as advisory and advocacy groups to facilitate communications between act and the educational institutions and agencies that participate in act programs. These organizations are not separate legal entities, but do have organizing bylaws. The state organizations provide feedback to act on its programs as they relate to the information needs of individuals, schools, and agencies in the state. There are 675 representatives including educators, agency personnel, leaders of state associations, and workforce professionals who actively volunteer their time to serve in an advisory capacity by attending meetings with act regional and national office staff to provide input.”

“Computer processing-external: program service expenses 19,216,484. Management and general expenses 149,483. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 19,365,967. Temporary labor: program service expenses 14,801,856. Management and general expenses 134,378. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 14,936,234. Consulting fees: program service expenses 13,966,061. Management and general expenses 778,662. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 14,744,723. Other services & fees: program service expenses 13,966,061. Management and general expenses 778,662. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 14,744,723. Essay scoring: program service expenses 12,587,474. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,587,474. Pass through expenses: program service expenses 10,712,558. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,712,558. Computer programming-external: program service expenses 1,636,151. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,636,151. Other data processing: program service expenses 1,360,634. Management and general expenses 33,975. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,394,609. Item development: program service expenses 401,336. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 401,336. Honoraria other: program service expenses 75,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 75,800.”

“Net depreciation in fair value of interest rate swaps -6,184. Increase in net assets - act international consolidated 902,113. (decrease) in net assets - act assessment technologies consolidated -5,852,369. (decrease) in net assets - act foundation -87,101. Equity in net loss of nonmarketable equity securities -1,923,400.”

“The organization's audit committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant.”