
Features & Benefits
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Skill Connect Assessments create a win-win situation. How? We've engaged industry, education and policy leaders throughout the process to ensure that assessments will be recognized by employers, help instructors validate their programs and provide career-seekers with proof of what they can do.
The Work Force Ready System helps you meet Perkins IV requirements. Developed by SkillsUSA, an industry-driven organization since 1965, Skill Connect Assessments are 100% industry driven and defined. You'll find the following benefits of our assessments:
- Interactive - Animations allow assessment of a broader range of competencies than available paper-based or text-only assessments
- Industry-driven – Developed by industry experts
- Responsive – Real-time assessment capability allows immediate grading and feedback – for students, teachers and administrators - including printing of a certificate for successful scores
- Diverse – Assesses employability and technical skills in more than 40 unique areas
- Affordable – Designed with budgets of instructional programs and individual career seekers in mind
To maximize the value of the Skill Connect Assessments:
- Coordinate with State CTE Directors and local instructors to ensure Perkins IV alignment
- Print the certificate when a successful score is earned and take it to potential employers
- Engage community industry leaders in the process
