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All rights reserved.  \nOverview of the Technical Manual  \nThis technical manual provides a brief overview of ACT® WorkKeys® Essential Skills , an assessment designed to measure six essential skills in employees within the workplace and potential employees looking to enter the workforce. The manual contains an overview of the skills assessed by WorkKeys Essential Skills, the two item types used to assess these skills, and the procedure for incorporating the results from the different item types into a single aggregate score. In addition, it provides a short description of the initial reliability and validity evidence for the assessment. Immediately below is a summary of the main points and findings. Subsequent sections of this manual provide additional detail on each of these points.  \n• WorkKeys Essential Skills assesses five essential skills aligned with the Big Five model of personality: work ethic, collaboration, resilience, creativity, and leadership. Additionally, the assessment measures integrity, which is aligned with the HEXACO model of personality.  \n• The six essential skills are assessed with two item types—self-report Likert items and situational judgment test (SJT) items—which are combined to yield one aggregate score per skill.  \n• A pilot study was conducted with nearly 1 ,800 employed adults to provide constructrelated validity evidence. The study found that each skill maps onto its respective Big Five personality domain, while the integrity facet aligns with the honesty-humility construct from the HEXACO framework.  \n• An additional pilot study of 173 employed adults collected supervisor ratings of job performance. This criterion-related validity evidence supports the ability of WorkKeys Essential Skills scores to predict job performance.  \nRecommended Uses  \n• Employee and prospective employee development (alongside the ACT WorkKeys Essential Skills Coaching Tool)  \n• Applicant selection  \nChapter 1: Introduction to WorkKeys Essential Skills  \nACT® WorkKeys® Essential Skills is a comprehensive assessment system designed to measure six essential skills. The online assessment provides employees and organizations with a holistic picture of employees’ strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment system includes individual-level reports that provide feedback on each skill, as well as roster reports (csv files containing all examinee scores , which can be sorted as needed or merged with an organization’s data) . The system also contains coaching activities to help employees improve their skills in each of the six skill areas. A complete curriculum that helps employees work on developing their skills can be purchased separately.  \nThis technical manual details the empirical basis for the WorkKeys Essential Skills framework, the skills assessed by the assessment, the two item types used, and the procedure used to incorporate the item types into an aggregate score for each of the six skill areas. In addition, evidence of reliability and validity is provided, as are normative data.  \nChapter 2: WorkKeys Essential Skills Background and Skills Assessed  \nWhat Are Essential Skills?  \nEssential skills, distinct from cognitive factors or intelligence, “include interpersonal, selfregulatory, and task-related behaviors important for adaptation to and successful performance in education and workplace settings” (Camara et al. , 2015, [p. vi](p. vi)) . These skills have been shown to predict important life outcomes such as academic success, occupational attainment, and longevity (ACT, 2021 ; Roberts, Kuncel , et al. , 2007) . Furthermore, seven of the ten most requested skills in job postings are essential skills, employers seek essential skills 3.8 times more frequently than they do the top five technical skills (Cole et al. , 2021), and essential skills are expected to grow in importance by 24% by 2030 (Bughin et al. , 2018) .","cbCait8GIwtpptOG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait8GIwtpptOG","pdf",1036536,33,"English","# Overview of the Technical Manual\n# Recommended Uses\n# Chapter 1: Introduction to WorkKeys Essential Skills\n## WorkKeys Essential Skills and assessment system\n## Framework and evidence covered\n# Chapter 2: WorkKeys Essential Skills Background and Skills Assessed\n## What are Essential Skills?\n## WorkKeys Essential Skills organizing framework: Five-Factor Model","[{\"question\":\"What essential skills does WorkKeys Essential Skills assess?\",\"answer\":\"It assesses five essential skills aligned with the Big Five model (work ethic, collaboration, resilience, creativity, and leadership) and also measures integrity aligned with HEXACO.\"},{\"question\":\"Which item types are used in the assessment, and how are scores combined?\",\"answer\":\"Scores are based on two item types: self-report Likert items and situational judgment test (SJT) items. 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