The Indianola Career and Technical Center in collaboration with the Indianola Capps Technology Center and the Sunflower County Economic Development Council recently administered the ACT WorkKeys Skills Assessment to a select group of tenth and eleventh grade students enrolled in its Career and Technical Education programs.
A requirement for local and national employers such as Milwaukee Tools, examinees must successfully complete a three part assessment with Applied Mathematics, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents to earn a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC).
The ACT NCRC is awarded at four levels based upon the scores achieved on each sub-test:
* Platinum – Scores of Level 6 or higher on each sub-test. Platinum indicates the examinee possesses approximately 99% of the skills required for profiled jobs.
* Gold – Scores of Level 5 or higher on each sub-test. Gold indicates the examinee possesses approximately 93% of the skills required for profiled jobs.
* Silver – Scores of Level 4 or higher on each sub-test. Silver indicates the examinee possesses approximately 69% of the skills required for profiled jobs.
* Bronze – Scores of Level 3 or higher on each sub-test. Bronze indicates the examinee possesses approximately 17% of the skills required for profiled jobs.
Students earning a National Career Readiness Certificate pictured from left to right are:
First Row - Charlize Modley, Platinum; Arthur Evans, Silver; Makenzie Hughes, Bronze and NaKara Hawthorne, Gold. Second Row - McKenize Parker, Bronze; Jordan Davis, Silver and Jamiyah Winters, Silver. Third Row - Delvin Smith, Silver; Kevin Smith, Silver; Jaquavious Newson, Silver and Patrick White, Bronze. Not pictured are I’Nylah Hinton and Brenyiah Myrick who both earned Silver.
