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Site Selection Magazine's November edition includes a dozen location spotlights that include WorkKeys NCRC growth trends to demonstrate workforce quality. Features include Kansas, the Dakotas, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, Mississippi, Washington, and Wyoming.

Shelton State Community College Adult Education is getting accolades for its career readiness program and computers for the students in the ACT WorkKeys program. The program was recognized at the Alabama Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education in Montgomery June 24, as noted in this feature from WVUA-TV. Following the program's success, ACT awarded Chromebooks for 20 students who took all four tests within a seven-day window and demonstrated improvement.

The number and percentage of Alabama public high school seniors who are workforce-ready has continued to rise since the pandemic according to an analysis by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA). This passing percentage marks the highest number achieved since 2019. While the report indicates students are nearing the workforce readiness percentages prior to the pandemic, there was a sizable difference in the number of students who took the test in 2023 compared to 2019.