WorkKeys Online: Wyoming

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)

Tip: Use to reset a disabled account, lock an account, and send a new password to an examinee.

Complete Online Site Readiness

Websites:

• ACT WorkKeys Online Technical Specifications
• System Status Page
• 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:

• Fall - On Demand Test Administration Training (webinar) 
• Fall - Test Administration Training slide deck (pdf) 
• Spring - On Demand Test Administraion Training (webinar)
• Spring - 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

Fall Dates:

 Test Window: Online Testing Window: September 23 – December 13, 2024

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.