WorkKeys will be given free of charge to select 12th graders who are Career and Technical Education (CTE) completers (i.e. students who have completed four sequential CTE courses). This day will still be an instructional day, and classes will be held as normal for all students that are not participating in testing.

The WorkKeys assessment is designed to measure students’ career readiness as they prepare to enter the workforce by assessing their abilities in three core areas: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information. Students’ performance in these areas is meant to demonstrate their abilities to potential employers. There are four certification levels students have the ability to achieve: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Please make every effort to have your child at school and on time the day of testing so that we may begin promptly in the morning. It is better to encourage your child to be relaxed, rather than to encourage additional drill or extra study at the last minute. 

Remember, your child will need to bring to school their charged CMS Chromebook, two No. 2 pencils, a calculator, and a novel the day of testing. Cell phones and personal electronic devices are not allowed in testing rooms.

If you have any questions, please contact our Instructional Accountability Facilitator, Leigh Anne Worley, at leigha.worley@cms.k12.nc.us or our CTE Pathway Development Coordinator at patty.thornton@cms.k12.nc.us. Thank you for your support!

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