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Research &
Revision
Timeline for the
Virginia
WRS Model
Instruction
&
Resources
Assessment
& Reporting
Credential
& Verified
Credit
Virginia Springs Forward
The new list was completed…and then Virginia
• Introduced to the CTE Advisory Committee and
CTE administrators across the state, April 2010
• Converted skills list into appropriate format for
Virginia’s CTE curriculum, Spring 2010
(Skills became “tasks” with task definitions to
amplify and describe the skills.)
• Researched and developed instructional
resources to complement all WRS tasks,
Spring 2010
• Introduced in a Verso email message, June
1, 2010, for implementation 2010-11.
WRS Are Flexible
Example:
Sustainability
Teaching the WRS
WRS
Technical
tasks
Full
course
The WRS can be infused
throughout the course or
taught as an instructional unit.
Use WRS to Complement and
Reinforce Technical Competencies
WRS resources provided within each course
framework include
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background information
instructional activities
lesson plans
Web sites.
Evaluation and Reporting
Virginia CTE teachers can evaluate student
achievement of the WRS in two ways:
 Student Competency
Record (rating classroom
performance)
 WRS Assessment—
developed and released in
April 2011.
Timeline for the New Industry
Credential for the New WRS
Virginia and CTECS worked to identify and
develop test items, to conduct an assessment
pilot, and to launch this stand-alone credential.
Sept 2010:
Experts’ meeting to ID test items
March 2011: Pilot successfully completed; cut
score determined
April 2011:
Full implementation of
assessment
Graduation Requirements
How do schools and students benefit from the
new credential?
 Graduation requirements and
student-selected verified
credit
 Credentialing requirements
The CTECS-Provided
Virginia WRS Assessment
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This new assessment replaces other tests that
were used in the past to assess WRS
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100-item multiple-choice test
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60-minute timed test
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Reasonable price ($9.00)
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75% cut score
Pretest ($6.00)
Certificate of successful completion provided and
can be used for verified graduation credit
Initial Statistics on
the WRS Assessment
• April−June 2011
• 3,693 students tested
• 2,400 students passed (65% pass
rate)
• 75.41 mean score
Latest Statistics on
the WRS Assessment
• April 2011−January 24, 2012
• 9135 students tested, 6061
passed
• 66% pass rate
• 76.20 mean score
• 2019 pre-tests
The Stakeholders and
Their Roles
Administration
Research
VDOE
Weldon
Cooper
CTE
Resource
Center
CTECS
Curriculum
Assessment
In Summary
The New Workplace Readiness Skills for the
Commonwealth
• are well researched and up to date
• are reflective of Virginia employer
needs
• are incorporated into all CTE courses
• come with many teaching resources
• are being assessed
• are leading to an industryacknowledged and respected
credential and are earning
student-selected verified credit.
A Final Note
Why do we want you to adopt our state
model, skills, & curriculum resources?
• WRS education is a crucial national need.
• Your implementation further validates our
product.
• Developed curriculum resources should be
shared between schools and states.
• It would be wasteful to reinvent the wheel.
• Assessment data on a broader scale will
inevitably trigger new improvement strategies
for the test, teaching, and learning experience.
Questions?
Achsah Carrier
Demographics & Workforce Group
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
University of Virginia
434-982-5582
[email protected]
www.coopercenter.org/demographics
Darren Morris
CTE Resource Center
804-673-3778
[email protected]
http://cteresource.org
Ken Potthoff
CTECS
800-248-7701 ext. 3579
[email protected]
http://www.ctecs.org