Greenville County Schools: Ready To Work Career Readiness Online Assessment

Press release from Greenville County Schools:

October 15, 2021

Preparing students who are career ready is an important responsibility of Greenville County Schools and the State of South Carolina. Therefore, students in grade twelve will have the opportunity to take or retake the Ready to Work (R2W) career readiness online assessments the week of October 25-29, 2021.

Schools will notify parents and students of your school’s testing schedule. Students will need to bring their charged district-issued device for testing. Students enrolled in the GCS Virtual Program will test at their homebased school.

The R2W test consists of four online multiple-choice timed tests –Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, Locating Information, and Essential Soft Skills. These tests measure real world skills that employers believe are critical to job success. Students may earn WIN’s career readiness credential and an Essential Soft Skills credential which are recognized by businesses and industries nationwide.

Testing Tips

Parents can be a great help to their child by following these suggestions.
Students should:

• Rest on the nights before these tests.
• Eat a nourishing breakfast on the morning of each test.
• Be in school and on time, except in cases of illness.
• Bring your school-issued device charged for each day of testing.
• Listen attentively to the teacher’s directions so they will know exactly what to do.
• Read each test question and each response carefully before marking an answer choice.
• Stay calm if there are questions that seem difficult.
• Mark their best answers.
• Refrain from bringing any electronic device that can be used for communicating, timing, or imaging into the testing location.

This press release was produced by Greenville County Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.