WorkKeys Online: Alabama
Important Dates
Your Spring Schedule of Events contains all dates and deadlines for your test event. Check it frequently to ensure you're on track for a successful administration.
Spring Testing Window:
- Testing Window: February 28 - March 11, 2024
Learn about Test Formats and Policies
Resources:
- Spring - What's New (web content)
- Testing Policies and Information (web content)
- AL ACT WorkKeys FAQ Online Testing (pdf)
- AL WorkKeys Online Administration checklist (pdf)
- Test Coordinator Checklist (pdf)
- WorkKeys Overview (act.org)
- Value of WorkKeys (video)
- ACT WorkKeys/NCRC Tips for Educators (pdf)
- ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Match Criteria (web content)
- Overview of the Online Testing Process (web content) (select the Overview of the Online Testing Process section)
- Timing of the Tests (web content) (select the Timing of the Tests section)
Learn about Online Testing Systems
Resources:
- Systems for Online Testing (web content) (select the Systems for Online Testing section)
- High Level Process to Administer a Test to an Examinee (web content) (select the High Level Process to Administer a Test to an Examinee section)
- Log into Your Realm (web content)
Select Test Staff and Set Up Accounts
Resources:
- Staff Requirements, Roles, and Responsibilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Roles in Validus (pdf)
- Create Staff Accounts (web content)
- Assign a Role to a User (web content)
- Change of Contact or Organization Form (web form)
- Associating a User to a Second Testing Realm (web content)
Tip: Complete this form if you would like to update the current contact (District Test Coordinator or Test Coordinator) or organizational information on your account.
Tip: Instruction on how to associate a user to a second realm.
Upload Student Data Records
Websites:
- Access the realm assigned to your test site.
Resources:
- Search for an Existing User (web content)
- Create an Examinee Account (web content)
- Creating a Group and Add or Remove Examinees from a Group (web content)
- Create Examinee Accounts Using Batch Load (web content)
- Create an Examinee Profile (web content)
- Add or Remove Test Registrations from an Examinee Account (web content)
- Add a Financial Profile (web content)
- Export Examinee Account Information (web content)
- Lock or Unlock an Account, Look up, or Reset Password (web content)
Tip: It is recommended to use the groups feature when doing a batch load for multiple examinees or for a group of examinees that will test at the same time.
Tip: Limit the number of examinees in each group to 100 or less, or form subgroups.
Tip: Use to reset a disabled account, lock an account, and send a new password to an examinee.
Training:
- On Demand WorkKeys Group and Batch Loading Training - Part 1 (webinar) - August 31, 2023
- WorkKeys Groups and Batch Loading Training slides Part 1 (pdf)
- On Demand WorkKeys Batch Loading Part 2 (webinar) - September 7, 2023
- WorkKeys Batch Load Training slides Part 2 (pdf)
Tip: It is recommended to use the "groups" feature when doing a batch load for multiple examinees or for a group of examinees that will test at the same time.
Tip: When creating groups as part of the student data batch load process, limit the number of examinees in each group to 100 or less.
Complete Online Site Readiness
Websites:
Resources:
- ACT WorkKeys Online FAQ (pdf)
- Setting up for Test Day (pdf) (see Setting up for Test Day section)
- Run a TAO System Check.
Tip: Perform a TAO System Check and validation test prior to testing . Select Guest Access to start the system check.
Tip: Select Guest Access to start the system check.
Tip: If you want to practice setting up tests and other administration functions, do not use your live testing site. Use the training realm for all practice instances. If you need help gaining access to the training realm, call 800.967.5539.
Learn about Accessibility Supports
Resources:
- Accessibility Supports Guide for WorkKeys (web content)
- FAQ Sunsetting English Braille American Edition (pdf)
- WorkKeys Practice Test Order Form (pdf)
Arrange for Accommodations and/or English Learner (EL) Supports
Resources:
- Testing with Accessibility Supports (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Add Accommodations to an Examinee Account (web content)
- WorkKeys-Translated Test Directions for English Learners (pdf)
- Taking WorkKeys Online - Using a Screen Reader (pdf)
Tip: Review the Accessibility Support Guide if you have questions about the accommodations and supports available for ACT WorkKeys.
Provide Examinees Test Prep Information
Websites:
Resources:
- Online Practice Realm for Site Administrators (website)
Tip: Username is Training234, Password is Training234
Prepare Your Facility, Staff, and Test Materials
Resources:
- Test Facilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Test Staff (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Test Materials (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Test Administration (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
Training:
Administer the Test
Spring Dates:
Online Testing Window: February 28 – March 11, 2024
Websites:
Resources:
Administration Manuals
Supplements
- ACT WorkKeys Test Directions - English (pdf)
- WorkKeys Testing Irregularity Report (webform)
- Validus User Guide (web content)
- ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)
Tip: If you are testing an examinee authorized for English learner supports, have the ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list handy to verify at check in that the examinee's dictionary can be used for testing.
- No Phone Poster (pdf)
- Calculator Policy (pdf)
- Authorize and Monitor the Examinee’s Test (web content)
- Relaunch an Interrupted Test Session (web content)
Tip: Remember that examinee computers cannot use Internet Explorer (IE) to deliver the test in TAO. Chrome, Firefox, or Safari may be used.
Transfer Data
Resources:
Tip: Test coordinators should ensure completeness and accuracy of all test day documentation. Keep this documentation on file for one year, but nothing needs to be returned to ACT.
Access and Understand Score Reports
Dates:
Spring 2024 - Score Report Schedule for ACT WorkKeys (web content)
Websites:
Resources:
- Online Reports Portal User Guide (pdf)
- Score Reports Available in Online Reports Portal (pdf)
- ACT WorkKeys Scale Score Interpretation Guide (pdf)
- Score Level Interpretation - web page
Tip: This document provides a list and description of all available reports. Click on the title for an interactive display of the report.
Tip: Examinees who achieve a minimum score of three (3) or higher on each subject test may be eligible to receive an ACT WorkKeys NCRC.
Training:
- Understanding the Scores and Using Data - WorkKeys (webinar)
- Understanding the Scores and Using Data - WorkKeys (pdf)
- Using the Online Reports Portal - Reports (video)
- Using the Online Reports Portal - Career Readiness Certificate Reports (video)
- Exporting and Printing National Career Readiness Certificates (training tutorial)
Tip: The test coordinator can log in to Validus and use the Reports Portal to access ACT WorkKeys score reports. The ACT WorkKeys Online Reports Portal User Guide provides instructions for this feature.
Share Reporting Information with Examinees
Websites:
Tip: Examinees who earn an ACT WorkKeys NCRC can access test scores as well as view, print, and share their certificate by either creating an account or accessing an existing account.
Resources:
- How to Use Your WorkKeys Results (pdf)
- How the WorkKeys Assessments Can Work For You (pdf)
- Create a New MyWorkKeys Account (pdf)
- Access a Pre-Created (or Existing) My WorkKeys account (pdf)
- WorkKeys NCRC Student Benefits Flyer (pdf)
- WorkKeys-NCRC Benefits Student Letter (pdf)
How Examinees Can Search for Career Choices Based on WorkKeys Scores
Websites:
Resources:
- Using the Occupational Profile Database (pdf)
Tip: Examinees use the Occupational Profile database to compare the WorkKeys scores needed in career paths to the scores they earned.
Training: