Career Readiness Assessment
The South Carolina Career Readiness Assessment is a career readiness test administered to all eleventh-grade students to measure the most common skills that employers define as foundational for career readiness. Students are assessed in four key areas: Soft Skills, Math, Reading, and Data. The dashboard shows the number and percentage of students who earn the Ready to Work (R2W) certificates/Employability Credential and their distribution by type of certificate/Achievement Level. Between 2018 and 2023, Beaufort County school District has had the highest percentage of students earning R2W certificates/Employability Credential but saw a decline in the certificate earnings.
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| Definition |
R2W Certificates:
| Level |
Level Score Requirements |
Certificate levels correspond to the skill requirements of
profiled jobs in the ACT JobPro® database |
| Platinum |
Minimum score of 6 on each of the three core subtests* |
Indicates the skills required for approximately 99% of profiled jobs |
| Gold |
Minimum score of 5 on each of the three core subtests* |
Indicates the skills required for at least 93% of profiled jobs |
| Silver |
Minimum score of 4 on each of the three core subtests* |
Indicates the skills required for at least 69% of profiled jobs |
| Bronze |
Minimum score of 3 on each of the three core subtests* |
Indicates the skills required for at least 17% of profiled jobs |
*Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information.
Employability Credential Level:
| Level |
Credential levels correspond to the skill requirements of profiled job zones in the O*NET job career pathways |
| Achievement Level 5 |
Indicates that the student has the foundational skills to pursue O*NET Job Zone Level 5 career pathways.
Includes 100% of O*NET Job Zones. |
| Achievement Level 4 |
Indicates that the student has the foundational skills to pursue O*NET Job Zone Level 5 career pathways.
Includes 83% of O*NET Job Zones. |
| Achievement Level 3 |
Indicates that the student has the foundational skills to pursue O*NET Job Zone Level 5 career pathways.
Includes 59% of O*NET Job Zones. |
| Achievement Level 2 |
Indicates that the student has the foundational skills to pursue O*NET Job Zone Level 5 career pathways.
Includes 35% of O*NET Job Zones. |
*The four domains of the Career Readiness Test are: Math, Reading, Data, and Soft Skills.
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| Data Source |
S.C. Department of Education, School Report Card |
| Last Updated |
April 2024 |
