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.

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In all, there were 1.7 million WorkKeys test-takers in 2017, ACT said. Most of the research on WorkKeys has been conducted to confirm that the test is valid—in other words, that it measures what ...