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 officers, directors, and key employees have a business relationship with other current officers, directors, and key employees to the extent that they also serve together on the boards of other related entities: (1) jon s. Whitmore and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act international b.v. (2) jon s. Whitmore and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act education solutions ltd (hong kong). (3) jon s. Whitmore and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act education solutions (australia) pty ltd. (4) jon s. Whitmore and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act information consulting (shanghai) co ltd. (5) jon s. Whitmore and thomas j. Goedken are directors of act business solutions b.v. (6) thomas j. Goedken and mark d. Musick are directors of act bridge, inc. (7) thomas j. Goedken, jon l. Erickson, chad p. Wick, and richard patz are directors of act aspire, llc. (8) jon l. Erickson, thomas j. Goedken, and richard patz are directors of pacific metrics corporation.”

“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 outside tax preparer 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 executive committee of the board of directors.”

“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 executive 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, jon s. Whitmore 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 636 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.”

“Honoraria other: program service expenses 24,300. Management and general expenses 10,000. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 34,300. Essay scoring: program service expenses 11,113,842. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,113,842. Item development: program service expenses 447,088. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 447,088. Other data processing: program service expenses 558,952. Management and general expenses 11,706. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 570,658. Computer programming-external: program service expenses 569,061. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 569,061. Computer processing-external: program service expenses 15,113,023. Management and general expenses 69,713. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 15,182,736. Consulting fees: program service expenses 23,937,743. Management and general expenses 974,717. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 24,912,460. Other services & fees: program service expenses 23,937,742. Management and general expenses 974,717. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 24,912,459. Temporary labor: program service expenses 9,905,284. Management and general expenses 12,525. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,917,809.”

“Net appreciation in fair value of interest rate swaps 81,718. Increase in net assets - act international consolidated 726,654. (decrease) in net assets - act bridge consolidated -5,733,806. Increase in net assets - act foundation 2,225,722. Equity in net loss of nonmarketable equity securities -3,728,877.”

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