Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment

CTECS is excited to start the new school year with you and accommodate your Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment© (WRS) needs.

About the WRS

Click here for more about the assessment offered in Virginia including forms of the test, characteristics, and pricing.

WRS Instructional Modules

Workplace Readiness Skills instructional modules that correspond to skills/standards, are available here for students who are learning the skills.

The Testing Process Summary

Follow the steps below to prepare to administer the Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment©.

Use the menu options in the left column to access forms, policies, testing materials, support information and more.

Step 1: A Purchaser’s Contract number must be obtained at the beginning of each school year.

Step 2: Each Test Site Administrator must complete registration forms to obtain access to E-SESS, the online testing program.

Step 3: Register the students for the WRS assessment.

Step 4: Use E-SESS to generate test tickets for the students, manage demographic data, and access a variety of useful reports. 

Important Dates

• Testing for school year 2025-26 opens August 11, 2025. Summer testing for school year 2025-26 ends July 31, 2026. All testing results between these dates will be reported for school year 2025-26 only.
• A new contract number is assigned each year. The appropriate person should complete the Virginia Purchaser’s form to set up the SY2025-26 account. The option to use a PO is also available. See Option 2 on the Virginia Purchase-Order page. Credit card payments are accepted.
• Use your new contract number to complete your the Test Site Administrator (TSA) Registration and Agreement form, which must be submitted once, at the beginning of each school year. Multiple TSAs can register using the same contract number.
• Enroll students on your own, using the instant registration process. For important registration information, refer to the Virginia Student Registration page. Remember to identify students who require accommodations. Follow the steps to set up your new account, register students, and test.

Reimbursement dates/deadlines will be published soon. 

Reminders

• Returning test site administrators have access to student testing data from previous school years. Just log into E-SESS and follow instructions to “Change Organizations.” Forgot your password? Go to the E-SESS Administrator Login and click the “recover your password  link.” 
• When new test site administrators are added to E-SESS, they are sent an email message with a temporary password and instructions to create a new one. The email messages comes from esess@pitsco.com. 
• Sample questions are available here: Sample “retired” Test Questions, but also linked interactively through the “Practice” portion of the WRS site along with many extra teaching resources.
• The WRS site continues to evolve, and we welcome your interaction and feedback. Send us your success stories and your lessons, activities, and ideas that work. You can do this directly through the comments section on the “Teach” portion of the site.  

Virginia is a charter member of CTECS and CTECS is proud to serve as the assessment provider for the CTECS Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment© (also referred to as the WRS Assessment©, the WRS Test©, or the WRS Retakes©), our most popular assessment, created under the strong leadership and vision of the Department of Career and Technical Education Services, Virginia Department of Education. Read about CTECS’ role in the creation of these skills as part of the 2010 Workplace Readiness Skills initiative in Virginia. 

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