General Message/Update
Search for new Associate Director of ACS Exams – announcement coming soon
We are happy to announce that the search for the next Associate Director or Directors has been completed. The announcement sharing the new faces at ACS Exams will be made at the Spring ACS Meeting in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, March 25th and on this website.
New exams to be released this spring:
Through the exhaustive work of our exam committees, we are excited to announce not only the release of new exams this spring but also new components to be available with these new exams. All exams will be available as early as March 1st.
- Organic Chemistry, 2023 (stock code: OR23)
- The newest exam for the sophomore-level full-year organic chemistry course is available. In addition to this test, when you submit answer sheets to us for scoring, the score report available for this test will also include partial credit scoring. Users will have the option of using either score. Additionally, the exam will be released with preliminary modeled norms. This is only our second test that we are releasing with modeled norms, but we also expect this will become common for higher use exams.
- Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 (stock code: IN23)
- The newest exam for the senior-level inorganic chemistry course is available. In addition to this test, when you submit answer sheets to us for scoring, the score report available for this test will also include subscoring in key content areas.
- General Chemistry Conceptual (First-Term, Second-Term and Full-Year exams all in one test booklet), 2023 (stock code: GC23C)
- The newest exam for general chemistry conceptual for first-term, second-term and full-year exams – all in one test booklet. In addition to this test, when you submit answer sheets to us for scoring, the score report available for this test will also include subscoring in key content areas.
- High School Chemistry, 2023 (stock code: HS23)
- The newest exam for the sophomore-level high school chemistry course is available. In addition to this test, when you submit answer sheets to us for scoring, the score report available for this test will also include subscoring in key content areas.
Several new norms have been published. These include General Chemistry-First Term 2018, Organic Chemistry 2017, Organic Chemistry-First Term 2017 and Organic Chemistry 2018.
Additionally, we expect to finalize norms soon on General-Organic-Biochemistry 2014 and General Chemistry Conceptual 2016 with new or updated preliminary norms available in throughout 2023 as well – the newest of these is Organic Chemistry First Term 2021.
Please consider providing student performance data to us for norm calculations!
New Practice Exam with Feedback
We have been listening to your requests for a practice exam that provides instant feedback and results for each question. IT’S HERE – and you can purchase it NOW for $15.00 or through a bundle.
Tutorial practice exams are available for:
- General Chemistry, First Term
- Organic Chemistry, Full Year
Details
Each exam has 50 items with feedback provided on each question. If a student is correct, they will be told so, but they also will be provided with the process to solve the question correctly (so they can compare to how they solved the problem). If the student is incorrect, they will be told so and be provided with possible difficulties they may have had, as well as how to solve the problem correctly.
All of this is then summarized in a report emailed to the student following exam submission. This summary includes for each question:
- The chapter and content from the ACS study guide
- The performance on the question
- The chapter and question number from the study guide of items that are the same as the question
- The chapter and question number from the study guide of items that are similar or use the same concept as the question
Visit here to purchase your practice exam today. For questions, please contact us at 800-854-1672.
Study materials available from ACS Exams
If you are preparing to take an ACS final exam, there are resources available from ACS Exams that may help you in your studying and preparation:
- General chemistry: study guide (first term/second term both included) and practice exams (first term and full year)
- Organic chemistry: study guide (first term/second term both included) and full year practice exams
- Analytical chemistry: practice exam
- Physical chemistry: study guide (both thermodynamics and quantum chemistry are included)
ACS Exams study materials are available year-round with study guides shipped directly to your home or campus and online practice exams available immediately after purchase. These include:
- Study guides with many items worked out and for practice,
- Online practice exams designed in a similar way to an ACS exam and provides you with a study report once completed, or
- A bundle of both the practice exam and study guide.
Your shipping options are (allowing 1 day for processing):
- Ground: 3-5 business days
- 2nd day: 2 business days
- Overnight: 1 business day
ACS Exams in the news:
Capturing the efforts by ACS Exams to deliver non-secure testing during the spring and summer semesters to assist institutions, Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) wrote a short news piece detailing these efforts.
Now Available!
NEW – Organic Chemistry Study Guide
This second edition of the Organic Chemistry Study Guide has many more items, a clear alignment to first term/second term courses and common textbooks.
Become an ACS Exams Postdoctoral Fellow
The ACS Examinations Institute regularly seeks Postdoctoral Research Associate(s) for a full-time, 12-month position with benefits that can begin on or near August 1st annually. Applications are evaluated on or before May 1st annually. Click here for more information and application details.
