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Credential Testing
Students who complete a CTE sequence or are enrolled in a Business course will have the opportunity to take an Industry Credential Exam, which is a qualifying a certification test, a state license exam, and/or a National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Assessment. These credentials are beneficial, and sometimes essential, to students seeking employment in a particular career field. For more information, visit the Virginia Department of Education’s Path to Industry Credentialing initiative.
The following are Board of Education approved assessments currently offered at MCPS:
| Business & Information Technology | Credential Exam |
| Accounting | Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills |
| Computer Information Systems | Microsoft Office Specialist (Word, Powerpoint, Excel |
| Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies | Microsoft Office Specialist (Word, Powerpoint, Excel |
| Economics & Personal Finance | W!SE Financial Literacy |
| Entrepreneurship Education | Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills |
| Information Technology Fundamentals |
Global Standard (GS4) Certification |
| Principals of Business & Marketing |
Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills |
| Family & Consumer Sciences | Credential Exam |
| Culinary Arts | Servsafe Manager |
| Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow | American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) - Education Fundamentals Assessment |
| Health & Medical Sciences | Credential Exam |
| Medical Terminology | Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills |
| Engineering Analysis and Applications | National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Pre-Engineering Certification |
| Trade & Industrial Education | Credential Exam |
| Advanced Film Program | ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certification |
| Automotive Technology / Motorsports | National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) - Automobile Service Technology |
| Building Trades / Carpentry | SkillsUSA - Carpentry Exam |
| HVAC / Electricity | HVAC Excellence - Heating, Electrical, Air Conditioning Technology (HEAT) Examinations (Pass any one exam) |
| TV and Media Production I | Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills |
| TV and Media Production II | National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Television Production Certification |
Additionally, 12th grade students in a CTE course have the opportunity to take the Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment.
