Online Practice Test Scoring Key - ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate - How to Score the Practice Tests

Oct 9, 2026

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Online practice test scoring key for the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate, providing step-by-step guidance to compute and interpret performance on the three NCRC assessments: Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents. Explains how raw scores are calculated from correct responses, how to use scoring keys for multiple-choice items, and how scores support further analysis through scale and level score reporting. Includes test structure details and instructions for next steps after scoring.

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A Message to Students

Overview of the ACT WorkKeys Test

What Is the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)

Scoring the Practice Tests

How to Score the Tests

Raw Scores

Scale Scores

Level Scores

NCRC Scale Scores

Next Steps

Online Practice Test Scoring Key ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate • Applied Math • Graphic Literacy • Workplace Documents A Message to Students This guide is meant to help you compute and understand your scores on the ACT WorkKeys practice test taken online. Refer to the ACT WorkKeys Information for Examinees web site to find other helpful hints. The Getting Ready for Online Testing in TestNav guide provides the instructions for taking an online practice test, along with highlighted features and navigation of the secure web application in which you will take the test. Contents Overview of the ACT WorkKeys Test 3 What Is the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) 3 Scoring the Practice Tests How to Score the Tests 3 Raw Scores 3 Scale Scores 5 Level Scores 6 NCRC Scale Scores 6 Next Steps 8 © 2026 by ACT Education Corp. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 10 JA70031 .CJ23943 Last Updated: August 2026 Overview of the Test The ACT WorkKeys assessments measure foundational skills required for success in the workplace and help measure the workplace skills that can affect job performance. Each assessment offers varying levels of difficulty. The levels build on each other, incorporating the skills assessed at the previous levels. | Test | Questions | Minutes per Test | | --- | --- | --- | | Applied
Math | 34 | 55 | | Graphic
Literacy | 38 | 55 | | Workplace
Documents | 35 | 55 | What Is the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) A portable, evidence-based credential-the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate-can be earned by examinees after completing and ranking scores within the Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents assessments. Examinees and employers can then use the scores to match skills to jobs in order to have a successful career path. Scoring the Practice Tests How to Score the Tests Use the following instructions to score your practice multiple-choice tests and review your performance. Note that we have only provided the scoring key for the three tests that make up the NCRC. Raw Scores The number of questions you answered correctly on each test section is a raw score. Because there are many test forms of the ACT WorkKeys test, each with different questions, the difficulty level varies between the forms. A raw score on one form, for example, may be about as difficult to earn as a higher raw score on another form of the test. Computing raw scores: To compute your raw scores, check your answers with the scoring information in the scoring keys and do the following: 1. Mark a one (1) in the blank for each question answered correctly. 2. Count the number of correct answers for each test. 3. Add up the total number correct for each test and capture it in each scoring key section. These numbers are your raw scores on the individual multiple-choice tests. The highest raw score for a given test is the number of questions included on that test: • Applied Math: 34 • Graphic Literacy: 38 • Workplace Documents: 35 © 2026 by ACT Education Corp. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 10 JA70031 .CJ23943 Applied Math Test Applied Math Scoring Key (for Form P11AH) (Capture raw scores/correct answers.) Total Applied Math = of 34 | Item Number | Correct
Answer | Correct
(Mark 1) | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | E | | | 2 | A | | | 3 | E | | | 4 | D | | | 5 | C | | | 6 | E | | | 7 | A | | | 8 | A | | | 9 | B | | | 10 | D | | | 11 | D | | | 12 | B | | | 13 | E | | | 14 | D | | | 15 | C | | | 16 | D | | | 17 | B | | | 18 | C | | | 19 | C | | | 20 | C | | | 21 | A | | | 22 | B | | | 23 | D | | | 24 | C | | | 25 | A | | | 26 | D | | | 27 | E | | | 28 | A | | | 29 | B | | | 30 | E | | | 31 | A | | | 32 | B | | | Item Number | Correct
Answer | Correct
(Mark 1) | | --- | --- | --- | | 33 | A | | | 34 | E | | Graphic Literacy T

FAQs

What is the purpose of this online practice test scoring guide?

It helps you compute and understand your scores on an ACT WorkKeys practice test taken online, using the scoring information for the three tests that make up the NCRC.

How do you calculate raw scores for each ACT WorkKeys test section?

Use the scoring key to mark correct answers, count the number of correct responses per section, then record the total correct for each test as the raw score.

What do scale scores and level scores add beyond raw scores?

They provide finer distinctions for analyzing growth over time and enable comparisons, while helping adjust for differences among test forms.

Oct 9, 2026

Uploaded by dabgoudw