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DEW warns committee about ACT changes and WorkKeys role in readiness pipeline
Summary
The director told lawmakers WorkKeys is a work-readiness assessment the department uses and said proposed ACT test changes were raised as a concern at a recent stakeholder meeting; Stanton said any state decision will involve education and business partners.
Committee members asked how the WorkKeys assessment fits into K–12 career readiness and the agency's sector strategies. Cheryl Stanton described WorkKeys as an aptitude and work-readiness assessment used to create job profiles that predict on-the-job success, and said the department has promoted work-ready community certification and job profiling with employers.
Stanton told the panel that ACT's plans to change its test raised coordination concerns because the agency and business stakeholders rely on consistent assessment frameworks. "We have raised our concerns with ACT," she said, and added the state will make any workforce assessment decision with education and business input rather than unilaterally.
