Ongoing Assessment and Learning

Within the Ongoing Assessment and Learning essential component, programs use ongoing career-related assessment to track student progress toward education and career-related goals.

To help ensure student success within and beyond the Aspire classroom, programs should use career pathways maps/visuals that guide student progress along an articulated pathway and make adjustments along the way.

Career Pathways Resources Support Video

Brief navigational video aligned to this component including guiding questions and staff development resources.

Resources for Administrators

This resource, from OhioMeansJobs.com, contains a collection of online practice tests and skill improvement resources for students in Ohio Aspire programs.

Areas of particular interest to Ohio Aspire administrators and program staff include the variety of practice tests, such as high school equivalency assessments, WorkKeys, ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery); career tests, including Nursing, Plumbing, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and Electrical; and modules to help improve computer, writing, and math skills.


Resources for Teachers

This resource, from OhioMeansJobs.com, contains a collection of online practice tests and skill improvement resources for students in Ohio Aspire programs.

Areas of particular interest to Ohio Aspire administrators and program staff include the variety of practice tests, such as high school equivalency assessments, WorkKeys, ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery); career tests, including Nursing, Plumbing, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and Electrical; and modules to help improve computer, writing, and math skills.


This collection of resources, which originally appeared in KET’s (Kentucky Educational Television) Workplace Essential Skills and GED® Connection series and accompanying workbooks, is designed to help students locate information in commonly used graphics.

Areas of particular interest to Ohio Aspire instructors and program staff include

  • Background Essay describing the types of materials students may encounter in the workplace and why being able to effectively navigate and draw conclusions from graphic representations of information is an important workplace skill;
  • Connections Video that shares engaging, real-life examples of locating information;
  • Discussion Questions for further exploration and application in the classroom;
  • Teacher Resources, including Resource Correlations to WorkKeys® Assessments;
  • Student Handouts;
  • Teaching Tips to help instructors make the most of the resource collection; and
  • Education Standards, including the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRs).

This collection of resources, which originally appeared in KET’s (Kentucky Educational Television) Workplace Essential Skills and GED® Connection series and accompanying workbooks, is designed to help students understand and apply what they have read.

Areas of particular interest to Ohio Aspire instructors and program staff include

  • Background Essay describing the types of materials students may encounter in the workplace and why being able to effectively read, understand, and apply the information they encounter is an important workplace skill;
  • Connections Video that shares engaging, real-life examples of reading for information;
  • Discussion Questions for further exploration and application in the classroom;
  • Teacher Resources, including Resource Correlations to WorkKeys® Assessments;
  • Student Handouts; and
  • Teaching Tips to help instructors make the most of the resource collection.

This collection of resources, which originally appeared in KET’s (Kentucky Educational Television) Workplace Essential Skills and GED® Connection series and accompanying workbooks, is designed to help students with math skills.

Areas of particular interest to Ohio Aspire instructors and program staff include The Applied Mathematics collection with four leveled modules, each of which is accompanied by Support Materials such as

  • Background Essay describing applied math, providing the rationale for its importance as a workplace skill, as well as practical examples of applied math in context;
  • Connections Video that shares engaging, real-life examples of applied math at work;
  • Discussion Questions for further exploration and application in the classroom;
  • Teacher Resources, including Resource Correlations to WorkKeys® Assessments;
  • Student Handouts; and
  • Teaching Tips to help instructors make the most of the resource collection.

Webinar

  • Jane Meyer (Aspire Coordinator, Canton City School District)

Handouts from the webinar:

Technical Assistance

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