ACT WorkKeys Now: Arkansas

Start Here

• What's New (web content) (coming soon)
  • Create an NCRC Test Room (pdf)
• ACT Now Overview (video) 
• Overview of User Roles (video)
• User Roles: Building a Test Administration Team (pdf) 
• Creating an ACT Now Account (video) 
• Before Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf) 
• The Value of WorkKeys (video) (coming soon)
• The Value of WorkKeys (pdf) (coming soon)
• Secure Storage and Transport of Test Materials Form (pdf) 

Setting up ACT Now

• Manage Organizations (pdf)
• Adding Users with Roles (video)
• Confirm Organization Participation Status (video)
• Managing Students (pdf) 
• Adding Students and Assigning a Test Event (video) 

File Upload Resources:

• Users Invitation File Layout (pdf) 
• Users Invitation File Template (csv)
• Students Registration File Layout (pdf) 
• Student Registration File Template (csv)

Manage Accommodations

Resources:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for the ACT WorkKeys (pdf)
• Braille and Screen Reader Practice Tests Order Form (pdf)
• Accommodations Students File - Layout (pdf) 
• Accommodations Students File Template (csv)
• Assigning Accommodations and Supports (pdf)
• Assigning Student Accommodations and Supports (video) 
• Pre-recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf) 

Technical Coordinator Resources for Online Testing

Resources:

• Technical Guide for Online Testing (pdf)
• Technical Readiness Checklist (pdf)
• Technical Readiness (webinar)
• Technical Readiness Training slides (pdf)
• TestNav Support (website)

MyACT Resources

Testing Staff:

• ACT WorkKeys Access Scores in MyACT (pdf)
• ACT WorkKeys Access Scores in MyACT (video) 

Prepare Students for Testing

• Information for Examinees (web page) 
• Preparing for the WorkKeys Test Online (pdf)
• ACT WorkKeys Sample Questions (web content)

• Policies (web content)
  
• Test Facilities (web content)
  
• Test Staff (web content) 
  
• Test Materials (web content)
• Test Administration (web content) 
• Non-Test Activities (web content) 
  

Room Supervisor Modules:

• Policies (web content) (coming soon)
• Test Staff (web content) (coming soon)
• Test Day: Before Examinees Arrive (coming soon)
• Test Day: Administration (coming soon)
• Testing with Accommodations and Supports (web content) (coming soon)

Set up Test Center Manager (TCM):

• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Paper (video) 
  • Setting up TCM Test Coordinator- Paper (simulation) 
• Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Online (video) 
  • Setting up TCM Test Coordinator - Online simulation) 
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Paper (video) 
  • Using TCM as a Room Supersor or Proctor - Paper (simulation) 
• Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Online (video) 
  • Using TCM as a Room Supervisor or Proctor - Online (simulation) 
• TCM Training Resources (web content)

Test Day Resources

Administer Test:

• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Paper (video) 
• Test Day Overview for Room Supervisors - Online (video)
• Test Staff Training slides (pptx)
• Test Day Checklist for Test Coordinators (pdf)
• Test Day Checklist for Room Supervisors (pdf)
• After Test Day Checklist (pdf)

Printable Test Day Resources:

• Printable Test Administration Manual (pdf)
• Printable Task Cards for WorkKeys Testing (online) (pdf)
• Paper Testing - Internet Outage Checklist (pdf)
  • ACT Test Day Instructions for Paper Testing (pdf)
• ACT Calculator Policy (pdf)
• Turn Off Device Poster (pdf)

 Accommodations Resources for Testing Staff:

• Manage Breaks as Needed (pdf)
• WorkKeys Translated Directions (pdf)
• WorkKeys Test Directions in English (includes Applied Math Formula Sheet) (pdf) 
• Human Reader and Sign Language Interpreter Instructions (pdf)
  
• Testing Staff Agreements (pdf)
• Taking Assessments Online with a Screen Reader (pdf) (coming soon)
• Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf) 
• ACT WorkKeys Spoken Instructions - Paper (pdf)
• ACT WorkKeys Spoken Instructions - Online (pdf)
• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)

Returning Materials:

• Returning Test Materials (video) 

Resources for Educators

• ACT Online Reporting User Guide (pdf) 
• Guide to Reports (pdf) 

About Online Reporting:

• WorkKeys Scale Score Interpretation Guide (pdf) 
• Score Level Interpretation - Applied Math (act.org) 
• Score Level Interpretation - Graphic Literacy (act.org) 
• Score Level Interpretation - Workplace Documents (act.org) 
• Student Score Data File Layout (pdf) 
  
• Certificate File to NCRC Data File Layout (pdf)
• Best Practices for Trusted Agents (pdf)
• Downloading HSRs or ISRs as Individual PDFs (pdf)

Resources for Students

• Sample Score Report - Student (pdf) 
• NCRC Certificate Levels (image) 
• ACT WorkKeys NCRC Sample Certificate (pdf)
• Occupational Profiling Database (website)
• Using the ACT WorkKeys Occupational Profile Database (video) 
• ACT WorkKeys NCRC Student Benefits Flyer (pdf)
• How to Use ACT’s Skills to Jobs Coaching Tool (pdf)