1. ACT Student Score Report Progress Toward Career Readiness
Indicator of potential performance on the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC).
Reported as making progress toward either Bronze, Silver, or Gold level. There is no Platinum.
Score report includes a website that includes more information about NCRC.

2. Why is WorkKeys® important to high school students?
ACT WorkKeys
Why is WorkKeys® important to high school students?
WorkKeys provides important information
Studies show that occupations requiring higher skills in math, locating information, and reading pay higher entry-level salaries.
Increased Opportunities ~Increased Salaries
Students are entering the workforce without enough skills
U.S. Department of Labor, >1.5 million students leave high school each year inadequately trained for even entry-level jobs
What can Schools Do?
no matter what type of skilled or professional career a student plans to pursue after high school.
. In fact, skill levels show a stronger correlation to pay than education levels do.
By increasing their skill levels while they are still in school, students increase their opportunities for higher salaries in the future
Large numbers of students are entering the workforce without enough skills to qualify them for the jobs they want.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 1.5 million students leave high school each year inadequately trained for even entry-level jobs. Because WorkKeys measures skills valued by employers, students can use their results to get a better picture of their chances for success in the workforce and to improve areas where their skills are weak.
Schools can use the information—along with input from employers—to ensure that their courses of study provide adequate work skills training to meet the needs of businesses.

3. ACT WorkKeys

4. Applied Mathematics Locating Information Reading for Information
NCRC Assessments
Applied Mathematics
Locating Information
Reading for Information
80% of profiled jobs utilize all of these skills
Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information are the three tests that comprise the National Career Readiness Certificate.
Out of more than 5,000 jobs profiled in the JobPro database, 80 percent of those jobs utilize these three skills.
Numbers are based on analysis of 5,130 jobs profiled from 2007 to 2011 in the ACT JobPro database.

5. National Career Readiness Certificate and Pay
ACT WorkKeys
National Career Readiness Certificate and Pay
Level %
Platinum 99%
Gold 93%
Silver 67%
Bronze 16%
Med Pay
$97,762
62,987
38,022
27,340
Pay Ranges
$80,
23, ,000
14, ,000
14, ,000
A holder of a Gold Certificate is known to have the FOUNDATION skills for 93% of the jobs ever profiled. Just five years ago a Bronze covered 30-35% of jobs. The markets getting tougher and education can’t keep up!
OK, that’s good detail about our solution, the NCRC and NCRC Plus. Now, how do we turn the interest of a few employers into a groundswell of endorsements and activity.