In the first administration of the new ACT WorkKeys career-readiness assessment given to all public school 11th grade students last spring, 87.9 percent earned a National Career Readiness ...

Proponents of the test say it is used by some companies in hiring. Having a WorkKeys test score could help students get an entry-level job. “These simple questions, they do have merit to employers.

But when WorkKeys tests came up in Labor Department cases, Fischer said, they routinely were found to be discriminatory. How a worker will perform on the job mostly can’t be predicted by a ...

The WorkKeys assessment can be scheduled through Michigan Works or Delta College. Each testing component takes approximately one hour to complete and costs $20.

More than nine out of 10 students in Pickens County and Anderson District 1 who took the ACT WorkKeys career readiness test this spring earned a National Career Readiness Certificate, with both ...

The WorkKeys assessment will also be offered for free. The ACT test gauges a student’s readiness for success in the first year of college. It was first introduced in 1959.

Although it is still currently under discussion, parents have shared positive feedback and support for WorkKeys as another acceptable assessment for use by the Guam Department of Education ...

High school seniors graduating this spring may think they’ve seen the end of standardized testing. If so, they haven’t heard of WorkKeys. “Many companies in this area require WorkKeys, so ...

The Guam Department of Education is planning to incorporate the ACT WorkKeys as another standardized testing for high school students, according to Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum Joe Sanchez.