WorkKeys

1. WorkKeys Presentation by: Krista Heard Fall DTC Training September 13, 2011

2. Topics for discussion • Updates • Results • ACR: Numbers • New employer engagement • KeyTrain Update • Regulation Refresher • Reminders • Alaska Supplement for WorkKeys Assessment • Regulations Proposed • New NCRC • Testing Outside of Window • Keeping Current on WorkKeys

3. National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) • 2010-2011 School Year • 8,734 Students Tested • 7,381 or 84.5%

4. Alaska Career Ready NCRC Totals • 1,888 Students qualified for APS with WorkKeys Scores

5. New DOLWD Profiles • Phlebotomist Job – Blood Bank of Alaska, Anchorage • Plumber and Pipefitter Apprentice Year 1 – Anchorage Plumbers and Pipefitters JATC Local 367 • Plumber and Pipefitter Apprentice Year 2 – Anchorage Plumbers and Pipefitters JATC Local 367 • Employment Security Specialist I at Alaska Job Centers – DOLWD • Employment Security Specialist I in Unemployment Insurance Call Centers – DOLWD • Employment Security Specialist I Job Developers in Work Services – DOLWD • Cashier Job – Breeze In, Juneau

6. KeyTrain Update • Webinar Schedule posted on Assessment website • 4 districts have utilized Alan for a District Specific Trainings • Total enrollment: 54,632 Students • 3,357 active accounts : logging 10,242 hours • Most popular courses: • WorkKeys Skills: RI, AM, LI • Financial Awareness (middle school and high schools) • Preparing for your Career (middle school and high schools) • Work Habits (high schools) • Communication Skills (high schools) • Neat way to use components of curriculum • Pribilof is using for credit recovery

7. Education Regulations Require • Regulation 4 AAC 06.717 • Internet or Event Window Paper/Pencil • Test conducted between dates of August 1 and December 31 • Event Window November 7th-18th • EED will pay for one administration as an 11th grader (REQUIRED) and one as a 12th grader (OPTIONAL)

8. Internet or Paper/Pencil • Paper/Pencil • Pre-Code Student File/labels • All accommodated formats that ACT offer • One 2 week period to test (November) • All 3 tests in one day • Start by 900 AM • Internet testing • Must self import students • Limited accommodated formats (ex no Braille) • 5 months to test • You may administer the test over a period of days • Start at any time in the day

9. Who can test? • All 11th graders (Required) • 12th graders (Optional) • First time administration • Either was not an 11th grader or in school at the time the test was offered the previous school year • Or: New to the District/State • Second Administration • Student seeking to obtain higher scores • Test in Grade in Policy • Must be an 11th/12th grader (by district requirements) by December 31st • Retesting- Matching scores • 12th grader retest 1 versus all 3 content areas

10. Reminders: P/P • Orders Form- Due September 16 • Quantities will be checked against pre-code file • Off-Site Testing Location Form- September 16 • Pre-Code- September 16 • Only 11th and 12th graders (not whole high school) • We provided a template of data from ASIS of 11th • Ensure newly enrolled students info reflects ASIS • Submit early- we will return if errors • Training Confirmation- October 14

11. Reminders: P/P • Site Codes • ACT assigned site codes available on Assessment Page • Do not deviate- not EED Assigned school code • Do not use separate site code for “off site locations” • Do not use District Site Code • Answer Document Bubbling • Required to bubble block 2 if pre-code label • Double check label on back is in fact student • Ensure student correctly bubbles booklet number and admin code on page 2- students will not receive a test score if not filled in

12. Reminders: Internet • Request Testing URL’s from me early • Don’t delay testing- down to 4 months in the window • Complete Test Administration Training- last one 9/21 • Batch Importing • Must match ASIS • Please ensure no alpha characters in examinee ID: • Must be State Assigned ASIS number- not school id • May consider batch importing student contact information, many typos last year, poor form • Take care when registering assessments to only register once per content area- double check your work through user management

13. Reminders: Internet • Internet Outage: DOCUMENT • Call ACT first • Complete Credit Request Form- on Assessment website • No educators may participate- you will be billed • Hard Copy Score Reports not available: must hand print • Reports portal is not supported by MAC- ACT has assured me that it is on the list for IT to get to, may not be tell next administration. Solution: print individual instant score reports from user management.

14. Alaska Supplement for WorkKeys Assessment • You asked we’ve responded • Supplementary document to assist in ordering and choosing method of administration • Referenced in Participation Guidelines • Essentially we’ve Crosswalk Table 1 & 2 • Spelling out what will and will not lead to: • WorkKeys Scores • NCRC • State Allowable Score: New • What is allowable on internet and paper/pencil • Only Applicable for testing between Aug1 and Dec 31

15. Proposed Regulation • Presently before the State Board of Education (September 12-14) • Regulation 4 AAC 06.775(a) • Regulation 4 AAC 06.775(c) • Will likely go out for period of Public Comment • SBOE will review during the December Meeting • Please consider this a draft, while we wait for final approval • Please use this Fall

16. Orientation • Glossary of terms • Overview • Paper vs. Event Testing • WorkKeys Eligible vs. State Allowable • Approval of Accommodations • Participation Guidelines and the WorkKeys Accommodations Table • Table 1 • Table 2

17. WorkKeys Eligible vs. State Allowable • 1) Using “WorkKeys-eligible” accommodations for testing result in WorkKeys reportable scores that could be used for employers, colleges, scholarships, and other entities includingthe Alaska Performance Scholarship. Only students with disabilities and limited English proficiency with district documented accommodations can use accommodations resulting in reportable scores. • 2) “State-allowable” accommodations may result in WorkKeys scores that are NOT reportable and will not be eligible for an individual score report or NCRC. Additionally, all students testing with state-allowable accommodations or without accommodations will satisfy Alaska’s regulation for all 11th graders to be tested on a work ready/college ready transitional skills assessment [4 AAC 06.717].

18. Table Orientation • Column Headers: • WorkKeys Eligible • State Allowable • Reportable Scores • NCRC • Internet testing: I • Paper/Pencil Event Testing: P • Blocks indicate score report and NCRC available

19. Notes • Most Accommodations from the PG can be used • Accommodations are listed separate and independent • If student needs more than one accommodation please ensure special consideration to the special criteria noted in the table • If not WorkKeys allowable and Accommodation team chooses to use anyway, may not produce valid scores • Take care to note that accommodate form as defined in the glossary, means special materials must be ordered for p/p • ACT vs. EED Flex Schedule Definition • Math- Manipulatives are not WorkKeys Eligible • Grayed out not allowable

20. National Career Readiness Certificate • Portable credential based on WorkKeys® system • Documents that an individual has basic workplace skills • Meaningful to employers, job seekers, students, schools • Translates vague statement like “you need math skills” into a precise set of teachable skills really used in the workplace • Companies can verify that workers and applicants have core employability skills • ACT documents helping specific companies: • Reduce turnover by up to 84% • Decrease overtime hours by 95% • Experience a 244% ROI on training dollars • Workers and applicants with higher scores are more prepared for a wider range of jobs and training programs

23. Testing Outside of the Aug 1 - Dec 31 Window • EED will not pay for any testing fees, including: • Ordering & shipping and receiving • Scoring • NCRC, and associated charges • Must use ACT’s Off-the-Shelf Order Form (on EED website) • Alaska Supplement for WorkKeys Administration does not apply • EED will not receive RegiSTAR students data results • Up to School District/Student to track score results • Student will not receive NCRC, unless site makes arrangements to do so directly with ACT • Student should receive score report • If use Internet URL’s EED provided, you may be billed for any charges incurred

24. New to WorkKeys? • Take the e-learning module • EED offers FREE Training • Self-Paced • Access the course 24/7 • Log in at: • https://gm1.geolearning.com/geonext/edgepointlearning/login.geo • Technical Support or questions about elearning contact EED at: • elearning@alaska.gov

25. Key Resources- ACTFor Additional Information • ACT specific questions • Internet Testing • ACT Call Center 1-800-WORKKEY (967-5539) • workkeys@act.org • Paper and Pencil Testing • ACT State Testing (800) 553-6244 x 2800 • ACT State Testing Accommodations (800) 553-6244 x 1788 • WorkKeysEvent@act.org

26. Key Resources- EED • EED specific questions : Assessments Website • Paper/Pencil Event • www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/workkeysET.html • Internet • www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/workkeysinternet.html • Alaska Career Ready • www.careerready.alaska.gov

27. For More Information • ACT specific questions • Internet Testing • ACT Call Center 1-800-WORKKEY (967-5539) • workkeys@act.org • Paper and Pencil Testing • ACT State Testing (800) 553-6244 x 2800 • ACT State Testing Accommodations (800) 553-6244 x 1788 • WorkKeysEvent@act.org

28. Questions & Comments Krista Heard krista.heard@alaska.gov 907-465-6410