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New instructor for WorkReadyNH's tuition-free class September 01, 2017

Graduates of this training earn the National Career Readiness Certificate and the Community College System of NH WorkReadyNH certificate, ..

Jackson County is working toward ACT Work Ready Communities Certification September 01, 2017

Jackson County is working on the ACT Work Ready Communities certification to produce and hire high quality employees. Today we are holding a kick off luncheon to educate Eastern Jackson County employers on the benefits and to explain the opportunity to participate.

County gives its support to North Carolina Work Ready Communities Initiative August 22, 2017

ELIZABETHTOWN — With a unanimous vote Monday, Bladen County commissioners approved a resolution that will make Bladen County the 29th county in the state to participate in the North Carolina Work Ready Communities Initiative. The purpose is to ...

Updates in abundance for county economic board August 15, 2017

Robinson, who serves as the countys Three Star coordinator, explained the recent $25,000 award would be moved to the First Tennessee Development District due to the award money being allocated to help the county achieve status as an ACT Work Ready ...

Newton County leaders host summit August 10, 2017

ACT WorkKeys Case Studies July 28, 2017

Links to the ACT page for workforce case studies.

Community Colleges to offer officer exam July 27, 2017

: Alabama’s community colleges are now the exclusive testing centers for the basic ability test for applicants seeking admission to law enforcement academies in the state. The Alabama Community College System and the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission announced the partnership on Tuesday, but community colleges began offering the tests July 1 for candidates seeking to become law enforcement officers or correctional officers. As part of the partnership, the system’s campuses will begin offering the ACT WorkKeys assessment, which includes skill areas for applied math, graphic literacy and understanding workplace documents. 

Clackamas Community College offers ACE credit for the NCRC July 27, 2017

IOWA CITY, Iowa—The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended that postsecondary educational institutions award college credit in applied critical thinking to individuals who earn the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC™). ACE recommends that three credit hours be awarded to recipients who earn specific levels of the credential.

Early College and Career Options July 27, 2017

ECCO School uses NCRC for their students.

New program would prove LOTO region is Work Ready July 26, 2017

The Lake of the Ozarks workforce may be ready for more jobs, but now the business community is looking to prove it.

The Lake of the Ozarks workforce may be ready for more jobs, but now the business community is looking to prove it.

Lake Area Chamber Executive Director K.C. Cloke recently promoted participation in a program that’s new to the area, though not to Missouri. The Work Ready certification has been enacted at some level in a majority of Missouri counties and could provide multiple economic benefits to the region.

“The biggest thing we hear is workforce,” commented Cloke.

This website reports the ACT® WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates earned at the county and state level and the progress being made by those participating states and counties in the ACT Work Ready Community initiative. This site only represents data stored in the ACT RegiSTAR™ system, a web-based reporting and management tool for ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificates.

State and national ACT WorkKeys NCRC data runs from January 2006 through , while county-level data is starting from January 2012. State job profile data runs from January 2007 through , while national job profile data reaches back to 1993. Again, please note that county-level ACT WorkKeys NCRC data collection began in January 2012 for WorkKeys Internet Version, and in July 2012 for pencil and paper assessments. State and national certificate totals include historical data prior to 2012.

WorkKeys® assessments are used across the nation, and many states have built their own Career Readiness Certificates based upon WorkKeys assessment results. You will find an asterisk denoting those states. This website will continue to evolve as the first two rounds of participating states give us feedback on what they would like to see -- and based on your feedback, as well.

Please contact us if you have comments, questions or would like to receive more information.