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Benefits of the National Career Readiness Certificate

The Certificate is an easily understood, conveniently attained, and universally valued workforce credential. Because The Certificate validates that an individual has certain essential skills important across a range of jobs—employers, career seekers, economic developers, and educators can use The Certificate as a common language to improve the quality of the workforce. The skill levels are meaningful to career seekers, educators, and employers.

Based on objective, standardized results

The WorkKeys^® assessments that are the basis for the National Career Readiness Certificate are objective, standardized assessments, administered in secure, monitored testing environments to ensure the validity of test results.

Nationwide portability

WorkKeys is a program recognized by employers and education entities nationwide. WorkKeys assessment results and certificates can help individuals find job opportunities wherever they live.

An internationally recognized assessment organization

ACT is a not-for-profit organization committed to education and workplace success. ACT is best known for the ACT^® test, an entrance exam colleges trust. ACT is equally committed to the National Career Readiness Certificate to solve America's workplace challenges. All of ACT's assessments undergo rigorous development to achieve acceptable levels of reliability and validity.

Available for immediate use

More than nine million WorkKeys assessments have been taken over the past dozen years. The WorkKeys system offers pencil-and-paper, Internet-based, and Spanish-language tests.