Developed in the 1950s in response to increased interest in postsecondary education due to the GI Bill, the American College Testing Program, known today today as ACT, was a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that provided standardized testing services intended to "help students make better decisions about which colleges to attend and which programs to study, and to provide useful information to colleges both in the student admissions process and to ensure their success after enrollment” (“ACT.org”). Historically, the ACT has played a vital role in the development of the education and workforce fields, and continues to support both education and workforce development in the 21st century. In 2002, the ACT organization announced a new corporate structure, consisting of "two divisions: Education and Workforce Development." The new governance structure consists of a 14-member board of directors, and the expanded advisory structure retains ACT's state organizations but now also includes two separate advisory boards, one for each of the new divisions" (" ACT.org) calling for the company's "nonprofit" title to be questioned. Giving a corporate name, however, suggests that the ACT organization's role and goal of standardized testing persists as an economic enterprise whose sole goal is to generate revenue. The ACT organization relies heavily on economic and technical developments that help maintain productivity and reliability. of a product. In the case of the ACT, a nonprofit, tax-exempt entity, standardized testing is big business since "each year, Americans spend millions on the tests they are required to take in order to be evaluated for admission to undergraduate and graduate programs, and many millions more...... middle of paper ......evaluation of a text designed, marketed and sold by ACT Incorporated. Ultimately, connecting the history of ACT testing, the creation of a test prep study guide distributed by a nonprofit "company," and a qualitative study of engineering design is undoubtedly a challenge . However, the results of such research could potentially challenge or reinforce notions about the validity of standardized tests and test preparation materials as they relate to technical writing. Works Cited Works Cited “ACT: The First Fifty Years, 1959-2009.” ACT.org. Act, Inc., 2009. The web. October 1, 2010. .Carter, Chris. The arguments against standardized testing. October 6, 2009. testcritic.homestead.com. September 23. 2010 .