Timeline for the Virginia WRS Model
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Research & Revision Instruct ion & Resource s Assessme nt & Reportin g Credent ial & Verifie d Credit Timeline for the Virginia WRS Model
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Research & Revision
Instruction & Resources
Assessment & Reporting
Credential & Verified Credit
Timeline for the Virginia WRS Model
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 FlexibleExample:
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
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
• This new assessment replaces other tests that were used in the past to assess WRS
• 100-item multiple-choice test
• 60-minute timed test
• 75% cut score
• Reasonable price ($9.00)
• Pretest ($6.00)
• Certificate of successful completion provided and can be used for verified graduation credit
The CTECS-ProvidedVirginia WRS Assessment
Initial Statistics onthe WRS Assessment• April−June 2011• 3,693 students tested• 2,400 students passed (65% pass
rate)• 75.41 mean score
Latest Statistics onthe 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
VDOE Weldon Cooper
CTECSCTE Resource
Center
Administration
Research
Assessment
Curriculum
In SummaryThe 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 industry-
acknowledged and respected credential and are earning student-selected verified credit.
A Final NoteWhy 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 CarrierDemographics & Workforce Group
Weldon Cooper Center for Public ServiceUniversity of Virginia
www.coopercenter.org/demographics
Darren MorrisCTE Resource Center
http://cteresource.org
Ken PotthoffCTECS
800-248-7701 ext. [email protected]
http://www.ctecs.org
