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Direct linkBrooks, 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
Download full textAmerican Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1995
The Work Keys System from the American College Testing Program is an innovative national system that provides a continuous structure for documenting and improving the workplace skills of individuals. By providing individuals with reliable information about their own skill levels and the levels required for jobs, Work Keys can help individuals make…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Educational Assessment, Job Analysis, Job Skills
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1997
CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) and ACT (American College Testing) have separately developed systems to identify the skills needed in the workplace. A research project studied the relationship between CASAS' Workforce Learning Systems (WLS) and ACT's Work Keys to determine how the systems could be linked to support…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods
