CTECS Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment Public

CTECS Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment Features

CTECS Workplace Readiness Skills (WRS) Assessment © (Also referred to as the WRS Assessment ©, the WRS Test ©, or the WRS Retake ©) provides validation of an individual’s basic comprehension of 21 universal workplace skills and behavior standards as identified by the Demographics Research Group, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia.The WRS Assessment is CTECS’ most popular exam, used currently in Idaho, Maine, Nevada, and Virginia. The exam was developed to validate researched workplace expectation standards and works in concert with free curriculum resources. The WRS Assessment is used as a certification of successful completion of education programs, providing instant results and data collection capabilities. 

Characteristics:

• Passing score of 75 percent or higher (validated using the Modifed-Angoff Cut-Score methodology) 
  
• Web-based (online) delivery through the E-SESS system in a proctored environment

Endorsing Organizations

Virginia's CTE Resource Center http://cteresource.org/about/
Maine Career And Technical Education http://www.mainecte.org
Idaho Professional-Technical Education http://www.pte.idaho.gov/
Weldon Cooper Center, Demographics Research Group, University Of Virginia http://www.coopercenter.org/user?destination=node%2F1257
Virginia Department Of Education, Office And Career And Technical Education Services 
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/index.shtml
Nevada Department Of Education, Career And Technical Education 
http://cteae.nv.gov/Career_and_Technical_Education/Career_and_Technical_Education_Home/ ;

Further Information about the assessment

CTECS Workplace Readiness Skills, An Introductory Guide https://www.ctecs.org/sites/default/files/files/WRS_Assessment-Oct_2014.pdf
WRS List http://www.cteresource.org/attachments/atb/WRSRepositoryFiles/WRSList.pdf
WRS Assessment Blueprint 
https://www.ctecs.org/VA_WRS/Workplace%20Readiness%20Skills%20(WRS)%20for%20the%20Commonwealth%20Assessment%20Blueprint2.pdf