WorkKeys Taken on Paper: Kansas

Resources:

• Fall - What's New (web content) 
• Spring - What's New (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)
• Benefits of WorkKeys (document)
• ACT WorkKeys/NCRC Tips for Educators (pdf)

Select Test Dates and Verify Shipping Information

Spring Dates:

 November 4–December 6, 2024

Websites:

• PearsonAccess Next

Resources:

• PearsonAccess^next User Guide (web content) (select the Test Date and Materials Receipt Selection section)
• Address Change Request Form (webform)

Training:

• Test Date Selection (Manage Participation) (training tutorial)

Websites:

• PearsonAccess Next

Resources:

• Staff Requirements, Roles, and Responsibilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• PearsonAccess^next User Guide (web content) (select the Managing Contact and User Account Information section)

Training:

• Manage Contacts (training tutorial)
• Selecting Your Testing Staff (training tutorial)

Tip: When the district test coordinator changes the school test coordinator in PearsonAccess^next, remember to deactivate the existing test coordinator's user account. Updates need to be completed in two places; the manage contacts screen and creating a new user account.

Spring Dates:

 November 4, 2024–January 17, 2025

Websites:

• PearsonAccess Next

Resources:

• Student Data Upload File Layout and Data Requirements (pdf)
• Student Data Upload File Requirements & Loading Instructions - csv format (pdf)
• Student Data Upload File Requirements & Loading Instructions - Fixed-Width Format (pdf)
• Student Data Upload Header Template (xlsx) 
  Tip: If having issues opening file, right click on file and choose save link to your computer to download file.

Training:

• Uploading Students in PearsonAccess^next (training tutorial)

Spring Dates:

 November 4, 2024–January 17, 2025

Websites:

• PearsonAccess Next

Resources:

• PearsonAccess^next User Guide (web content) (select the Managing Test Materials, Accessing Reports, and Submit a Request to Enroll or Unenroll an Examinee sections) 

Training:

• Enroll/Verify/Update Students in PearsonAccess ^next (training tutorial)

Tip: If you need to order additional materials, be sure to do so by the additional order date listed on your Schedule of Events.

Resources:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for WorkKeys (web content)
• Pre-Recorded Audio Guidelines (pdf)

Resources:

• Testing with Accessibility Supports (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• WorkKeys-Translated Test Directions for English Learners (pdf)
• Testing Staff Agreement - First Language Interpreter (pdf)
• Reader Agreement (pdf)
• Sign Language Interpreter Agreement (pdf)
• Scribe Agreement (pdf)

Tip: Review the Accessibility Support Guide if you have questions about the accommodations and supports available for ACT WorkKeys.

Fall Dates:

 Test Window 1: September 2 - 20, 2024
 Test Accommodations Window 1: September 2 - 20, 2024
 Test Window 2: October 2 - 18, 2024
 Test Accommodations Window 2: October 2 - 18, 2024

Spring Dates:

 Test Window 1: January 27–February 14, 2025
 Test Accommodations Window 1: January 27–February 14, 2025
 Test Window 2: February 26–March 28, 2025
 Test Accommodations Window 2: February 26–March 28, 2025

Websites:

• PearsonAccess Next

Resources:

• PearsonAccess^next User Guide (web content) (select Managing Test Materials section)

Training:

• How to Order Initial WorkKeys Materials (training tutorial)
• Ordering Additional ACT WorkKeys Materials (training tutorial)

Tip: You can track test materials shipments using Orders & Shipment Tracking. See the View Status and Shipment Information section in the PearsonAccess^next User Guide.

Websites:

• ACT WorkKeys Sample Questions (act.org)

ACT WorkKeys Curriculum

ACT WorkKeys Curriculum helps individuals build the essential career-relevant skills needed for learning, personal development, and effective job performance. It's the only curriculum built from the ground up to align with the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (ACT NCRC) assessments. The courses are delivered via a personalized, mobile-based learning management system. The platform delivers a meaningful learning experience and provides users with a customized study schedule and detailed instructional content. This is an additional offering that the districts & schools are responsible for paying for.

• ACT WorkKeys Curriculum web page (act.org)

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:

• Fall - Test Administration Training (webinar) 
• Fall- Test Administration Training slide deck (pdf) 
• Spring - Test Administration Training (webinar)
• Spring - Test Administration Training slides deck (pdf)

Tip: Review the "Receipt and Check-In of Test Materials" section of the Test Coordinator Information 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.

Fall Dates:

 Test Window 1: October 2, 2024
 Test Accommodations Window 1: October 2 - 14, 2024
 Test Window 2: October 30, 2024
 Test Accommodations Window 2: October 30 - November 12, 2024

Spring Dates:

 Test Window 1: February 26, 2025
 Test Accommodations Window 1: February 26–March 10, 2025
 Test Window 2: April 9, 2025
 Test Accommodations Window 2 :April 9–21 2025

Resources:

Administration Forms

• Test Administration Form - ACT WorkKeys Standard Time Paper (pdf)
• Test Administration Form - ACT WorkKeys Accommodations Paper (pdf)
• Student Identification Form (pdf)

Administration Manuals

Fall

• Fall - ACT WorkKeys Administration Manual - Standard Time Paper (pdf)
• Fall - ACT WorkKeys Administration Manual - Accommodations Paper (pdf)
• Fall - ACT Test Coordinator Information Manual (pdf) 

Spring 

• Spring - ACT WorkKeys Administration Manual - Standard Time Paper (pdf)
• Spring - ACT WorkKeys Administration Manual - Accommodations Paper (pdf)
• Spring - ACT Test Coordinator Information Manual (pdf)

Supplements

• ACT WorkKeys Test Directions (English) (pdf)
• Calculator Policy (pdf)
• ACT-Approved Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)
• Prohibited Device Poster (pdf)

Tip: Ensure you are using the correct materials for your test date. Using test booklets assigned for another test date will result in the cancellation of scores.

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.

Resources:

• Collecting, Packing, and Returning Test Materials (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• Secure Storage and Transport Test Materials Form (pdf)

Training:

• How to Return Test Materials (video)

Note: Test coordinators should verify completeness and accuracy of materials received from room supervisors before returning them to ACT. Check that all Test Administration Forms are filled out and check that the test form code is properly gridded on each answer document.

Tip: Test coordinators need to completely fill out the front of the processing envelope(s).

Tip: Do not return unused answer documents; keep those for makeup testing from initial test date.

Tip: Return materials for all accommodations examinees together at the end of the testing window. Do not return individual materials as they are completed.

Tip: If you received any additional orders, the return shipping labels received with these orders will require you to fill in your high school name and code. These fields are already completed on initial order labels.