Ready-to-Work

Ready to Work (R2W) is a career readiness assessment administered to all third year high school students to determine student achievement in three key subjects: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information. The R2W assessment also includes the Essential Soft Skills (ESS) assessment that provides information about a student’s skills in the following five areas: Cooperation with Others, Resolving Conflicts and Negotiation, Solving Problems and Making Decisions, Observing Critically, and Taking Responsibility for Learning. The Essential Soft Skills assessment focuses on skills such as problem solving, goal setting, decision-making, and self-direction, because these skills play a vital role in workplace success.

For more information on Ready-to-Work, please visit the South Carolina Department of Education website.