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More students are taking the ACT, but few of them are actually prepared for college August 29, 2016

WorkKeys, Weeks said, has been developed and adapted by researching 16,000 different jobs, and students who perform well on it are offered a National Career Readiness Certificate that many employers use as a hiring tool.

Community nearing work-ready status August 29, 2016

An initiative to certify Brookhaven and Lincoln County as ACT Work Ready communities is gathering steam. Several prominent community members ...

Georgia sees increase in ACT scores August 29, 2016

ACT is also providing, for the first time, an indicator of career readiness based on ACT composite scores. Progress toward career readiness is based on research linking ACT composite scores to levels on ACTs National Career Readiness Certificate.

Alford outlines Aiken County Public Schools district goals at luncheon August 19, 2016

90 percent of current seniors have a work-ready National Career Readiness Certificate. Its very important that, as our students graduate, they not only have a diploma but also a portable work-based certificate...

Director of Schools hopeful that region can snare second LEAP grant August 18, 2016

In addition, National Career Readiness Certificate Testing was made available to Cherokee and Volunteer students in addition to their Grainger and ...

Crowder College to offer free AEL classes August 18, 2016

science, and reading; high school equivalency prep, college placement prep; WorkKeys prep for the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC); ...

Testing aligns workforce with employers August 18, 2016

"The goal is to measure the emerging workforce," Ballard said. "ACT has a great tool for testing readiness to go to college, but what about readiness to go to work? Prospective workers need to be able to read and comprehend, locate information through spreadsheets and charts, use applied mathematics. … The tests assess people and determines where..

Ottawa County receives Work Ready Community designation August 18, 2016

Ottawa County is the first in Oklahoma to receive the Work Ready designation.

County earns Work Ready status August 05, 2016

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon lauded Clay County economic development at a stop in North Kansas City, Tuesday, Aug. 2. Speaking at iWerx, an enterprise and entrepreneurial innovation center opening in September, Nixon recognized Clay County....

Smiley speaks to Chamber about SVCC's Career Readiness Certificate August 05, 2016

A large crowd attending the July meeting of the Emporia-Greensville Chamber of Commerce learned about Southside Virginia Community College and what it has to offer from Debra Smiley, Director of Workforce Development. Smiley talked about The Career Readiness Certificate