WorkKeys Online: Mississippi

Learn about Test Formats and Policies

Resources:

• What's New (web content)
• Testing Policies and Information (web content)
• Test Coordinator Checklist (pdf)
• WorkKeys Overview (act.org)
• Value of WorkKeys (video)
• ACT WorkKeys/NCRC Tips for Educators (pdf)
• ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Match Criteria (web content) 
• Overview of the Online Testing Process (web content) (select the Overview of the Online Testing Process section)
• Timing of the Tests (web content) (select the Timing of the Tests section)

Learn about Online Testing Systems

Resources:

• Systems for Online Testing (web content) (select the Systems for Online Testing section)
• High Level Process to Administer a Test to an Examinee (web content) (select the High Level Process to Administer a Test to an Examinee section)
• Log into Your Realm (web content)

Select Test Staff and Set Up Accounts

Resources:

• Staff Requirements, Roles, and Responsibilities (web content) (select the first result listed after applying search filters)
• Roles in Validus (pdf)
• Create Staff Accounts (web content)
• Assign a Role to a User (web content)
• Change of Contact or Organization Form (web form)

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.

• Associating a User to a Second Testing Realm (web content)

Tip: Instruction on how to associate a user to a second realm.

Upload Student Data Records 

Websites:

• Access the realm assigned to your test site.

Resources:

• Search for an Existing User (web content)
• Create an Examinee Account (web content)
• Creating a Group and Add or Remove Examinees from a Group (web content)

Tip: It is recommended to use the groups feature when doing a batch load for multiple examinees or for a group of examinees that will test at the same time

Tip: Limit the number of examinees in each group to 100 or less, or form subgroups.

• Create Examinee Accounts Using Batch Load (web content)
• Create an Examinee Profile (web content)
• Add or Remove Test Registrations from an Examinee Account (web content)
• Add a Financial Profile (web content)
• Export Examinee Account Information (web content)
• Lock or Unlock an Account, Look up, or Reset Password (web content)

Training:

• Using Groups and Batch Loading Training (webinar) 
• Using Groups and Batch Loading Training slides (pdf) 

Complete Online Site Readiness

Websites:

• ACT WorkKeys Online Technical Specifications
• System Status Page

Resources:

• ACT WorkKeys Online FAQ (pdf)
• Setting up for Test Day (pdf) (see Setting up for Test Day section)

Tip: Perform a TAO System Check and validation test prior to testing. Select Guest Access to start the system check.

• Run a TAO System Check.

Tip: Select Guest Access to start the system check.

Learn about Accessibility Supports

Resources:

• Accessibility Supports Guide for WorkKeys (web content)
• WorkKeys Practice Test Order Form (pdf)

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)
• Add Accommodations to an Examinee Account (web content)
• WorkKeys-Translated Test Directions for English Learners (pdf)
• Testing Staff Agreement - First Language Interpreter (pdf)
• Taking WorkKeys Online - Using a Screen Reader (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.

Provide Examinees Test Prep Information

Websites:

• Examinee Online Practice Realm
• ACT WorkKeys Sample Questions (act.org)

Resources:

• WorkKeys Online Practice Test Instructions (pdf)

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 Online Test Administration Training (webinar) 
• WorkKeys Online Test Administration Training slide deck (pdf) 

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.

Administer the Test

Spring Dates:

 Test Window: Online Testing Window: March 3 – April 18, 2025

Websites:

• ACT WorkKeys Online System Status

Tip: Run a TAO System Check and Validation Test on all examinee computers before the test session to ensure they can properly access and deliver the tests. To save time, you may want to run the Validation Test before the TAO System Check because if you are successful in launching a sample mini test, it won't be necessary for you to run the TAO System Check.

Resources:

Administration Manuals

• ACT WorkKeys Administration Manual - Online Testing (pdf)

Supplements

• ACT WorkKeys Test Directions in English (pdf)
• WorkKeys Testing Irregularity Report (webform)
• Student Identification Form (pdf)
• Validus User Guide (web content)
• ACT-Authorized Bilingual Word-to-Word Dictionaries list (pdf)

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.

• Prohibited Device Poster (pdf)
• Calculator Policy (pdf)
• Authorize and Monitor the Examinee’s Test (web content)
• Relaunch an Interrupted Test Session (web content)

Tip: Remember that examinee computers cannot use Internet Explorer (IE) to deliver the test in TAO. Chrome, Firefox, or Safari may be used.

Transfer Data

Resources:

• WorkKeys Testing Irregularity Report (web form)

Tip: Test coordinators should ensure completeness and accuracy of all test day documentation. Keep this documentation on file for one year, but nothing needs to be returned to ACT.

Access and Understand Score Reports

Dates:

 Fall - Schedule of Events (web content)

 Spring - Schedule of Events (web content)

Websites:

• Online Reports Portal

Resources:

• Online Reports Portal User Guide (pdf)
• ACT Online Reporting 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.

• ACT WorkKeys Scale Score Interpretation Guide (pdf)
• Score Level Interpretation - web page
  • Score Level Interpretation - Applied Math (act.org)
  • Score Level Interpretation - Graphic Literacy (act.org)
  • Score Level Interpretation - Workplace Documents (act.org)
• NCRC Certificate Levels (pdf)
• ACT WorkKeys NCRC Sample Certificate (pdf)

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)

Tip: The test coordinator can log in to Validus and use the Reports Portal to access ACT WorkKeys score reports. The ACT WorkKeys Online Reports Portal User Guide provides instructions for this feature.

Digital Badging

Website:

• ACT WorkKeys Digital Badging - For Job Seekers
  Tip: Go to our webpage to learn more about Digital Badging. Then share the resources below with your examinees.
• ACT WorkKeys Digital Badging - For Education and Workforce Sites

Resources:

• Help Paper Examinees Access their Digital Badge (pdf)
• Accept Your Digital Badge in 5 Easy Steps (pdf)
• Digital Credentials At-A-Glance (pdf)

Share Reporting Information with Examinees

Websites:

• MyWorkKeys.com

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) My WorkKeys account (pdf)

Tip: Examinees follow these instructions provided in this document if they receive an email or report with username and password.

• WorkKeys-NCRC Benefits Student Letter (pdf)
• Examinee Records Modification Request Form (act.org)

Tip: Complete this form if your score report contain incorrect demographic information and you are requesting an update to your record.

How Examinees Can Search for Career Choices Based on WorkKeys Scores

Websites:

• Occupational Profiling Database (website)

Resources:

• How to Use ACT’s Skills to Jobs Coaching Tool (pdf)

Training:

• Using the ACT WorkKeys Occupational Profile Database (video)