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Direct linkRebecca Turner Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research project investigated teacher perceptions, understanding, and instructional practices in one local school district in Louisiana through the lens of the WorkKeys assessment as an indicator of career readiness. Within the school district, 40 secondary teachers in the subject areas of English, mathematics, and science completed a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Career Readiness, Secondary School Teachers, Occupational Tests
Brooks, Thomas Milton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In Mississippi, 57% of job vacancies through 2022 will be middle-skill jobs, but only an estimated 50% of the state's workers will be trained to fill these jobs. The ACT WorkKeys assessment is the primary credentialing tool for high school students entering the middle-skill labor force. The problem addressed in this study is while Mississippi uses…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education
Kelley, Craigory Brock – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to compare the performance on the ACT WorkKeys assessment of young adults who participated in a career tech educational pathway and young adults who did not participate in a career tech educational pathway. In this study, there were two groups: Career Tech completers and Non-Career Tech pathway completers. Gender,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Occupational Tests, Performance, Career Pathways
Schultz, Deanna D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Concern about college and career readiness has been expressed in both the business and education arenas. Employers are calling for entry-level employees with basic academic skills and educators are being held accountable for student achievement in academic areas similar to those required by employers. In this environment, WorkKeys has emerged as a…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Jackson, Pamela S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Inmates face challenges in obtaining employment once they leave prison because many are undereducated and lack work skills. This study examined demographic and criminogenic variables of inmates in Michigan Department of Correction's (MDOC) Community and Employment Readiness Training (CERT) and Michigan State Industries (MSI) programs that were…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Career Readiness, Correctional Education, Demography
Hall, Jon D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined possible relationships between cognitive ability, teacher dispositions, and content knowledge and elementary classroom achievement. Data was gathered on teachers using the Wonderlic Personnel Test(TM), Star Teacher Pre-Screener(TM) and Praxis II(TM) assessments and compared to classroom growth on the Measurement of Adaptive…
Descriptors: Selection Tools, Teacher Selection, Occupational Tests, Grade 5
