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County commissioners discuss plenty at meeting September 13, 2016

Heather Nelson and Lisa Johnson — both of the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation — got approval from the commissioners to recognize the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) when it comes to employment in the county.

Lincoln County certified as a ‘Work Ready Community September 13, 2016

Lincoln County has been certified as an NC Works Certified Work Ready Community by the North Carolina Chamber Foundation board of directors.

Alford outlines Aiken County Public Schools district goals at luncheon August 29, 2016

90 percent of current seniors have a work-ready National Career Readiness Certificate. Its very important that, as our students graduate, they not only have a diploma but also a portable work-based certificate,

Registration open for 2016-17 Aiken County Public Schools adult education August 29, 2016

Our ultimate goal is to ensure that each of our students are able to have a life-sustaining career,

More students are taking the ACT, but few of them are actually prepared for college August 29, 2016

WorkKeys, Weeks said, has been developed and adapted by researching 16,000 different jobs, and students who perform well on it are offered a National Career Readiness Certificate that many employers use as a hiring tool.

Community nearing work-ready status August 29, 2016

An initiative to certify Brookhaven and Lincoln County as ACT Work Ready communities is gathering steam. Several prominent community members ...

Georgia sees increase in ACT scores August 29, 2016

ACT is also providing, for the first time, an indicator of career readiness based on ACT composite scores. Progress toward career readiness is based on research linking ACT composite scores to levels on ACTs National Career Readiness Certificate.

Alford outlines Aiken County Public Schools district goals at luncheon August 19, 2016

90 percent of current seniors have a work-ready National Career Readiness Certificate. Its very important that, as our students graduate, they not only have a diploma but also a portable work-based certificate...

Director of Schools hopeful that region can snare second LEAP grant August 18, 2016

In addition, National Career Readiness Certificate Testing was made available to Cherokee and Volunteer students in addition to their Grainger and ...

Crowder College to offer free AEL classes August 18, 2016

science, and reading; high school equivalency prep, college placement prep; WorkKeys prep for the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC); ...