Is New Mexico considering utilizing WorkKeys in its assessment program?
The Public Education Department is in the process of developing the state’s Electronic Student Management System for students in grade 11 to gauge workplace/postsecondary readiness. This would include multiple measures, including ACT/SAT, state-developed items/tasks, existing workplace readiness assessments (e.g., WorkKeys), school-based activities (projects), workplace performance (internships, after-school jobs, service learning), end-of-course exams, AP exam scores, leadership/management skills and grades/transcripts. The Electronic Student Management System will be the repository for student scores on the New Mexico standards-based 11th-grade assessment, college readiness (placement) assessments and workforce readiness assessments. It will be an online system, enabling student records to reside in a central electronic system, allowing access for district staff and students despite any mobility between schools and districts. The proposals for the Workforce Readiness Assessment RFP a
