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Barbara Bolin, Ph.D.Executive Director
Career Readiness Consortium at Indiana University804-310-2552
The Career Readiness Certificate
“Despite building elaborate growth models for 20 years, economists have failed to prove that education and training significantly raise a country’s long-term growth.”
Facts of Life . . .
“In 2004, Canadian research found that, if you measure actual skills rather than educational qualifications, human capital becomes a strong predictor of economic growth.”
Counting Heads, The EconomistAugust 2004
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2000 2010
BA Degree orHigher
AssociateDegree
Post-SecondaryAward
OJT/RelatedWorkExperience
Data Compiled by the USDOL, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2002 - 2003
Employers have TWO major concerns
with potential and incumbent employees:
1. Poor work ethic
How do you:a) legally assess, and b) train to overcome deficiencies?
2. Lack of basic learning skills, i.e. TRAINABILITY for rapidly changing technologies and careers
The CRC was designed to address this issue, and to be the basis for expanded credentials forspecific industry sectors and careers
Industry Sector 1
O1 O2 O3O4
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F F
F
F
O1
O2
O3
Industry Sector 2
F
F = Foundation SkillsO = Occupation-Specific Skills
Readiness skills
The New World Realities•Employers need TRAINABLE employees
•Credentials are the new currency of employment
• Traditional approaches to education are fading
• Business processes are transportable and will follow skill sets and trainability
WorkKeys Skill Assessments
• Criterion referenced; Not Normative; Criterion referenced; Not Normative;
• Work-relatedWork-related, Timed, Secure, Timed, Secure
• Certify Skill LevelsCertify Skill Levels
• Paper-Pencil, Video,Paper-Pencil, Video, Audio, Spanish, and Computer-Audio, Spanish, and Computer-
BasedBased
• Meets EEOC GuidelinesMeets EEOC Guidelines
• Legally defensibleLegally defensible
• Used in Any CombinationUsed in Any Combination
• Two Forms (for pre/post testing)Two Forms (for pre/post testing)
2006 WorkKeys update:
• 12,200 profiles across the country
• 12,000,000 individual assessments
Database of profiles shows >85% use RFI, AM, and LI assessments
Career Readiness Certificate Levels and Employability
Bronze Level –Core employability skills for approximately 30% of the jobs
Silver Level - Core employability skills for approximately 65% of the jobs
Gold Level - Core employability skills for approximately 90% of the jobs
Employers, workforce development professionals and governments in at least 20 states agree on the following:
1) There is a need for a portable skills credential based on a common language, easily understood by employers, educators, and citizens;
2) This common language should be WorkKeys®;3) The three WorkKeys® assessments that should form the basis of
the credential are Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading For Information;
4) The credential should be multi-level;5) The scores for each level should be 3's for Bronze, 4's for Silver,
and 5's for Gold. (Note: KY and IN issue only the Silver and Gold levels)
National Situation
Skill Area Bronze Silver Gold
Reading for Information
3 4 5
Applied Mathematics
3 4 5
Locating Information
3 4 5
Career Readiness Certificate Levels
Applied Mathematics: Level 4 skills are:
• Perform single-step basic operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, using whole numbers
• Change a number from one form to another, using whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages
• Add and subtract negative numbers as well as positive numbers
• Perform one or two mathematical operations, such as addition, subtractions, multiplication or division on several positive or negative numbers
• Add commonly known fractions, decimals or percentages, and three fractions that share a common denominator
• Calculate averages, simple ratios, proportions and rates using whole numbers and decimals
Silver Certificate: What Can A Person Do?
Gold Certificate: What Can A Person Do?Locating Information: Level 5 skills are:
• Summarize and/or compare information and trends in a single graphic
• Summarize and/or compare information and trends among more than one workplace graphic, such as a charge slip and an invoice showing related information; in order to accomplish this, the examinee must determine the relationship among the graphics
• Summarize and/or compare information and trends in a single graphic
• Summarize and/or compare information and trends among more than one workplace graphic, such as a bar chart and a data table showing related information; in order to accomplish this, the examinee must sort through distracting information
CRC deployedKentucky (5795)Indiana (20,452)Virginia (5806)LouisianaMissouriNorth CarolinaOklahomaAlabamaTennessee
9 States
CRC in progressKansasNorth DakotaSouth Carolina (1000)WyomingDistrict of ColumbiaWest VirginiaIowaNew MexicoWashingtonNevadaOhio
11 States
Interested in CRCColoradoMichiganCaliforniaDelawareMarylandRhode IslandIllinoisMontanaMinnesotaOregonIdahoMississippiFloridaNew YorkAlaskaArizonaNebraskaArkansasGeorgia
19 States
CRC Consortium: February 2006