Tuesday, February 2, 2021

TRACK Skilled Trades--Carpentry and Electrical Assessments

 

TRACK Skilled Trades--Carpentry and Electrical Assessments

Critical Deadline: For a student to be eligible to test in Skilled Trades, Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) Carpentry or TRACK Electrical assessments and a test ticket to be generated, the following is required by March 1:

  • The student must be enrolled and identified as a concentrator in the specific TRACK pathway (Skilled Trades Commercial Carpentry TRACK (CIP CODE: 46.0201.99) or Skilled Trades Construction Electrical TRACK (CIP CODE: 46.0302.99)) in the Technical Education Database System (TEDS); and
  • The student must have earned 4 credits or be scheduled to complete the 4th credit in the specific Skilled Trades TRACK pathway sequence of courses in the same year the assessment is taken.

This data will be pulled from TEDS as of March 1 to generate test tickets. Refer to the links TEDS Monthly Notes and TEDS website for more information regarding TEDS data.

The 2020-2021 Skilled Trades TRACK Carpentry and TRACK Electrical assessments will only be available in-person following the Healthy at Work / Healthy at School guidance, and must be proctored in-person pursuant to the 703 KAR 5:080, Administration Code for Kentucky's Educational Assessment Program, 703 KAR 5:070, Inclusion of Special Populations in the State-Required Assessment and Accountability Programs and specific TRACK Carpentry or TRACK Electrical assessment instructions.

The 2020-2021 Skilled Trades TRACK assessment testing window is March 22 – April 30. A TRACK retest option will be available from May 3 – May 14 for eligible students that tested during the initial Skilled Trades TRACK Carpentry or TRACK Electrical assessment testing window and did not meet benchmark.

For information regarding Skilled Trades TRACK assessments, refer to the link TRACK: Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky web page.

For assistance with Skilled Trades TRACK Carpentry and TRACK Electrical assessments, contact Sherri Craig at (502) 564-4286 ext. 4226.

Online Administration of ACT: RESOURCES

 

ACT Online Testing Sessions

School staff administering the ACT online must create test sessions and assign students to those sessions in PearsonAccessnext. The system is open Feb. 1 – March 18 to complete the task for the initial test window 1. For more information on creating test sessions, please review the How to Create and Assign Test Sessions Tutorial.