A program aimed at assessing how well high-school students are prepared for a technical career will involve more than 2,000 students in 23 rural high schools in the Triad.
Participating school districts include Davidson County, Davie County, Elkin City, Lexington City, Montgomery County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, Surry County, Thomasville City and Yadkin County.
Students will be taking the WorkKeys assessment in the fields of reading for information, applied mathematics and finding information. These areas have been identified as crucial to students who desire to obtain the N.C. Career Readiness certificate.
Having a career-readiness certificate improves students' opportunities for success in entry-level and advanced-level jobs.
WorkKeys is a job-skills assessment system measuring "real world" skills that employers believe are critical to job success.
The Piedmont Triad Partnership is providing funding for the WorkKeys assessment through its grant for Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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