WorkKeys Taken on Paper: Tennessee
Important Dates
Your Schedule of Events (web content) contains all dates and deadlines for your test event. Check it frequently to ensure you're on track for a successful administration.
Spring Paper Testing Window
- Testing Window - Accommodations: April 8 - May 3, 2024
Learn about Test Formats and Policies
Websites:
Resources:
- What's New for ACT WorkKeys (web content)
- Testing Policies and Information (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Test Coordinator Checklist (pdf)
- Value of WorkKeys (video)
- ACT WorkKeys/NCRC Tips for Educators (pdf)
Provide Shipping Information
Select Test Staff and Set Up Accounts
Resources:
- Staff Requirements, Roles, and Responsibilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
- Change of Contact or Organization Form (webform)
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.
Order Test Materials
March 26–April 19, 2024
Websites:
Resources:
Training:
Tip: Order test materials as early as possible, at least two weeks before the scheduled test date.
Tip: If you already have an account for ordering PreACT test materials, use the same username and password to access the ACT WorkKeys materials ordering system.
Learn about Accessibility Supports
Resources:
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)
- WorkKeys-Translated Test Directions for English Learners (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:
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:
- WorkKeys Paper Test Administration Training (webinar) (on demand)
- WorkKeys Paper Test Administration Training (pdf)
Tip: Review the Receiving Materials Before Testing section of the ACT WorkKeys Adminstration Manual before receiving your shipment. Have it available to refer to while unpacking your test materials.
Tip: Remember to hold a training session with all testing staff (new and old) before test day. This is required and is separate from the briefing session that happens on test day. Suggested topics to cover during the training session are in your administration manual.
Tip: Be sure to plan for all examinees to fill out the demographics portion of their answer sheet before testing.
Administer the Test
Accommodations Testing Window: April 8 - May 3, 2024
Resources:
Administration Manual
Supplements
- ACT WorkKeys Test Directions (English) (pdf)
- ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries List (pdf)
- No Phone Poster (pdf)
- Calculator Policy (pdf)
Tip: Make sure examinees properly grid the form code into the Test Form block on their answer documents. This is essential to the answer documents being scored properly.
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.
Return Test Materials
Accommodations Materials Receipt Deadline: May 10, 2024
Resources:
- Collecting, Packing, and Returning Test Materials (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
Access and Understand Score Reports
Websites:
Resources:
- Online Reports Portal User Guide (pdf)
- Score Reports Available in Online Reports Portal (pdf)
Tip: This document provides a list and description of all available reports. Click on the title for an interactive display of the report.
- Score Level Interpretation - web page 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:
- 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)
- Understanding the Value of ACT WorkKeys (webinar) (on demand)
- Understanding the Value of ACT WorkKeys (pdf)
Share Information with Examinees
Websites:
- MyWorkKeys
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)
Tip: Examinees follow these instructions if they did not receive an email or report with a MyWorkKeys username and password. - Access a Pre-Created (or Existing) MyWorkKeys Account (pdf)
Tip: Examinees follow these instructions provided in this document if they receive an email or report with a username and password. - ACT WorkKeys NCRC Student Benefits Flyer (pdf)
- WorkKeys-NCRC Benefits Student Letter (pdf)
- Examinee Records Modification Request Form (pdf)
Tip: Complete this form if your score report contains incorrect demographics information and you are requesting an update to your record.
How Examinees can search for Career Choices Based on WorkKeys Scores
Websites:
- 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: