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Results in on ACT Work Keys assessment at ACHS ACHS would like to honor the following students who earned a gold certificate on the Work Keys: Leane Blakwelder, David Burton, Meagan Coomer, Jacob Keltner, Ty Bennett, Charlotte Keezer, Joseph McDowell, Madelyn Murrell, Sam Pippen, Kelsay Pyles, and Austin Sallee. One hundred and three students from the Class of 2014 earned silver level certificates. Click on headline for complete story By Robin Loy Adair County High School would like to announce the results of the recent Work Keys assessment for the Class of 2014. The ACT Work Keys is a job skills assessment system designed to help employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. Students are required to take a series of tests on Reading for Information, Applied Mathematics, and Locating Information to obtain a National Career Readiness Certificate. To learn more you can go to Act.org/certificate. The Work Keys assessment measures foundational and soft skills needed for workplace success and global competitiveness. Successful completion of the ACT Work Keys assessments in the areas of Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information leads to earning ACT's National Career Readiness Certificate. NCRC is a portable credential earned by more than 1 million people across the United States. Employers are increasingly using the Work Keys and NCRC in their hiring practices. ACHS would like to honor the following students who earned a gold certificate on the Work Keys. These students received a score of 5 or higher on all three sections of the test which indicates that they have the skills necessary for 93% of jobs available in the work keys database. Leane Blakwelder, David Burton, Meagan Coomer, Jacob Keltner, Ty Bennett, Charlotte Keezer, Joseph McDowell, Madelyn Murrell, Sam Pippen, Kelsay Pyles, and Austin SalleeOne hundred and three students from the Class of 2014 earned silver level certificates. Students at this level scored 4 or higher on all three sections of the assessment. Silver level status is the benchmark score required to earn the distinction of career readiness under the Unbridled Learning Accountability System in Kentucky. (Unbridled Learning Accountability System in Kentucky) Students who are preparatory in a career path, meaning that they are enrolled in or have completed their third course in an approved career pathway in Career and Technical Education, are required to pass the Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment or earn an industry certificate in that pathway in addition to their Work Keys certificate to be designated as career ready under the accountability model in Kentucky. KOSSA testing will take place March 10th-14th at Adair County High School. Students will be preparing for the exam in their CTE classes during the coming weeks. Overall, nearly 70% of students completing the Work Keys assessment at ACHS last week reached the benchmark silver level status or higher. Students are awarded their certificate level based on their lowest test score from any area. Students scoring at the silver level have the skills necessary for 67% of the jobs in the Work Keys database. A bright spot from this assessment is that if you look at each section of the test individually, 95% of ACHS students who took the exam achieved the benchmark score of silver or higher on the reading for information section of the test, 87% were at the benchmark on the applied math section, and 77% were benchmark on the locating information section. Way to go ACHS Seniors!. Troy Young, Principal at Adair County High School said, "These test results are more evidence that the hard work and renewed focus that we have invested in college and career readiness is paying off for us. We won't be satisfied though until every student leaves ACHS college and career ready. These results show that we making great progress in preparing students for the jobs of the 21st century. I would like to thank all of our students, parents, teachers, and community and business leaders for stepping up to support our vision of ALL students achieving college AND career readiness. We can't do this alone. We need everyone to be involved and we are thankful for the increased support and positive feedback we are receiving from the community. The Work Keys is an integral part of the community's journey to achieve the designation of Work Ready Community and we are committed to that goal." This story was posted on 2014-03-01 08:00:32
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