The WorkKeys assessment included three tests, Applied Mathematics, Locating Information and Reading for Information.

WorkKeys is a series of tests developed by the makers of the ACT to test whether students have job-related skills, such as basic math, teamwork, and the ability to read charts and documents.

But when WorkKeys tests came up in Labor Department cases, Fischer said, they routinely were found to be discriminatory. How a worker will perform on the job mostly can’t be predicted by a ...

The WorkKeys assessment will also be offered for free. The ACT test gauges a student’s readiness for success in the first year of college. It was first introduced in 1959.

On the other hand, WorkKeys tests applied mathematics, comprehension and problem-solving ability – their readiness for the workforce.

The two tests replaced the HSAP, commonly called the high school exit exam. In Pickens County, 91.8 percent of students who took WorkKeys earned the certificate. In Anderson 1, it was 94.4 percent.