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Founded in 1959, ACT is a not-for-profit public trust headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa, and dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success. ACT provides a broad array of assessment, research, information and program management solutions in the areas of education and workforce development.

The Community & Economic Development office of the Workforce Development Division was created to help states and counties implement successful economic development initiatives based on WorkKeys® tools and products through ACT Certified Work Ready Communities. For more information about the ACT® Certified Work Ready Communities initiative, please contact:

ACT, Inc Community & Economic Development
3355 Lenox Rd. NE, Suite 320
Atlanta, GA 30326-1332
Phone: 404-231-5018
Fax: 404-231-5945

Debra Lyons Vice President-Community & Economic Development
debra.lyons@act.org

Ashley Wilson Executive Secretary
ashely.wilson@act.org

Communications

Chris Baucom Senior Communications Manager
chris.baucom@act.org

Economic Development Liaisons

Tony Garife Economic Development Liaison
tony.garife@act.org

Fred McConnel Economic Development Liaison
frederick.mcconnel@act.org

Quality

Lori Baldwin Quality Manager
lori.baldwin@act.org

Kristopher Allen Data Analyst
kristopher.allen@act.org

Mary Lewis Systems Solutions Manager
mary.lewis@act.org

This website reports the ACT® National Career Readiness Certificates earned at the county and state level and the progress being made by those participating states and counties in the ACT Certified Work Ready Community initiative. This site only represents data stored in the ACT RegiSTAR™ system, a web-based reporting and management tool for National Career Readiness Certificates.


State and national NCRC data runs from January 2006 through , while county-level data is starting from January 2012. State job profile data runs from January 2007 through , while national job profile data reaches back to 1993. Again, please note that county-level NCRC data collection began in January 2012 for WorkKeys Internet Version, and in July 2012 for pencil and paper assessments. State and national certificate totals include historical data prior to 2012.


WorkKeys® assessments are used across the nation, and many states have built their own Career Readiness Certificates based upon WorkKeys assessment results. You will find an asterisk denoting those states. This website will continue to evolve as the first two rounds of participating states give us feedback on what they would like to see -- and based on your feedback, as well.


Please contact us if you have comments, questions or would like to receive more information.