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West Virginia Durable Skills & Career Readiness Alignment

Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills West Virginia’s WVCCRDSSS Standards for Student Success, Policy 2510 22-credit diploma, Personalized Education Plans, Simulated Workplace CTE program, EDGE early-college program, eight CTSOs, and Indigenous historical heritage demand: critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction.

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West Virginia’s Standards for Student Success

The WVCCRDSSS dispositions Renzulli Learning measures & develops

The West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Student Success (WVCCRDSSS) describe attitudes, knowledge, skills, and dispositions all students need across four integrated domains. The WVCCRDSSS serve as foundational standards for middle and high school teacher-led student advisory systems in all West Virginia schools. Renzulli Learning provides the strength-based assessment and development layer that turns advisory conversations and PEP reviews into measurable, multi-year durable-skills evidence.

Academic & Learning Development
Measure: Renzulli Profiler (20+ languages, Pre-K through 12) captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles. Executive Function Assessment surfaces planning, working memory, and self-monitoring strengths.
Develop: SEM Type III Project-Based Learning anchors academic content in student interest. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database connects coursework to authentic challenges across grade bands.
Documented in the Personal Success Plan from advisory through 12th grade.
Career & Life Planning
Measure: Profiler maps interests across all 16 National Career Clusters. Leadership Assessment quantifies career-leadership dispositions. CTC documents creative problem-solving (US Patent 12,087,176).
Develop: The PSP is a durable-skills companion to West Virginia’s Personalized Education Plan, documenting career interests and goals from 8th-grade exploration through 10th-grade postsecondary planning and beyond.
Surfaces interests for Personalized credit and Flex Credit selection under Policy 2510.
Personal & Social Development
Measure: Leadership Assessment documents collaboration and interpersonal-effectiveness skills. EFA captures self-regulation. Profiler identifies expression-style preferences relevant to teamwork.
Develop: SEM Type III group projects build collaboration and communication. PBL artifacts demonstrate cross-disciplinary teamwork. The PSP tracks officer roles and team contributions year over year.
Generates evidence aligned to advisory student-success conferences.
Global Citizenship
Measure: Profiler captures interests in social, cultural, and global topics. CTC documents creative thinking around community and civic problems.
Develop: SEM Type III projects can be scoped to local Appalachian community challenges, regional industry needs, or global topics. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database includes resources spanning local heritage, environmental science, civic engagement, and global studies.
Connects naturally to PEP service-learning and community-engagement components.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Measure: The Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176) is the culture-independent durable-skills assessment used worldwide. EFA surfaces analytical and metacognitive strengths.
Develop: SEM Type III PBL is the original gold standard for student-driven critical inquiry. The Enrichment Database supplies authentic problem-context resources across all 16 Career Clusters.
Direct evidence for Simulated Workplace Learning & Growth scoring (25% of CTE program rating).
Collaboration & Communication
Measure: Leadership Assessment quantifies team-leadership dispositions. Profiler’s expression-style results identify each student’s preferred mode of communication.
Develop: SEM Type III collaborative projects build the same business-process and teamwork skills Simulated Workplace requires (work teams, daily 5-10 minute company meetings, quarterly reports, B&I evaluations).
Builds documentation aligned to Simulated Workplace Customer (15%) and Business Processes (30%) scoring.
The seven durable skills Renzulli develops

Durable Skills, Defined: What Renzulli Learning Assesses and Develops

Renzulli Learning is built around seven canonical durable skills — the same skills West Virginia’s WVCCRDSSS, the 22-credit Policy 2510 diploma, the Personalized Education Plan, the Simulated Workplace CTE program, the 16 National Career Clusters, the 8 WV CTSOs, the EDGE early-college program, and the WV Industry Endorsement demand. Each skill has a specific Renzulli instrument that measures it and a specific platform feature that develops it:

Critical Thinking

Measure: CTC
Develop: SEM Type III PBL

Creativity

Measure: CTC (US Patent 12,087,176)
Develop: Enrichment Database + PBL

Executive Function

Measure: EFA
Develop: PSP cycles + PBL planning

Leadership

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: CTSO-aligned PBL + group projects

Collaboration

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Group PBL + peer feedback

Communication

Measure: 21st-century skills rubrics
Develop: PBL presentations & portfolios

Self-Direction

Measure: Profiler + EFA
Develop: PSP year-round goal cycles

West Virginia’s career readiness framework

What WVDE, WVBE, and West Virginia districts coordinate

West Virginia’s career readiness framework is anchored by the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE), the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE), and the West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Student Success (WVCCRDSSS). The framework is operationalized through:

WVBE Policy 2510 (Assuring the Quality of Education) — West Virginia’s flagship education policy — requires 22 credits for high school graduation: 10 prescribed credits (2 ELA, 2 Math, 2 Social Studies, 2 Science, 1 PE, 1 Health) plus 1 Arts credit, 1 Personalized credit based on the student’s postsecondary plan, 1 Flex Credit (selectable from CTE, Computer Science, or an additional Social Studies or Science course), and Personalized Education Plan electives. Many West Virginia districts — including Marion County and others — require additional local credits beyond the state minimum (often 24 credits with 4 each in core subjects).

WVBE Policy 2520.13 (West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Programs of Study/Standards for Career and Technical Education) defines 16 National Career Clusters and their corresponding Career Pathways. Schools must provide students access to at least six career clusters. The challenge for West Virginia counselors and CTE coordinators is that the durable skills under WVCCRDSSS are easy to name but hard to measure and develop systematically — especially across the eastern panhandle, north-central, southern coalfields, and Mountain State rural/Appalachian counties served by the eight Regional Education Service Agencies.

Where Renzulli fits West Virginia’s flagship Simulated Workplace program

West Virginia’s nationally-recognized Simulated Workplace program — launched in 2012, statewide across all CTE classrooms by 2016 — transforms every CTE classroom into a student-led company. Programs are evaluated annually by outside business and industry inspectors with a Health Department-style scoring rubric across Financial (30%), Business Processes (30%), Learning & Growth (25%), and Customer (15%). Programs scoring 85%+ earn the West Virginia Industry Endorsement (good for two years). Renzulli’s Profiler informs work-team placement, the Executive Function Assessment surfaces the planning and time-management skills tested by time clocks and quarterly reports, the Leadership Assessment documents student officers and team leads, and PBL Type III artifacts can be incorporated directly into student portfolios — all without disrupting Simulated Workplace company operations.

Honoring West Virginia’s Indigenous historical heritage in K-12 instruction

West Virginia has no federally-recognized tribes headquartered in the state today, but the region has a deep Indigenous historical heritage. The historic tribes most closely associated with what is now West Virginia are the Shawnee, Delaware (Lenni Lenape), and Cherokee, along with Iroquoian-speaking groups including the Seneca, Tuscarawas, Susquehannock, and Mingo. The Kanawha River name is believed to derive from the Conoy people; Wheeling comes from a Delaware (Lenape) word meaning “place of the skull.” The 1768 Treaty of Hard Labor and 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers (followed by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville) effectively removed remaining Indigenous claims to western Virginia. In 1996, the West Virginia State Senate passed a resolution recognizing the Appalachian American Indians of West Virginia (AAIWV) and affirming American Indians as original inhabitants of the state. Approximately 11,000 West Virginians claim Native American ancestry today, most commonly Cherokee. Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages and culture-independent CTC support West Virginia districts as they teach this rich heritage — we complement, not replace, district curriculum work.

Real challenges

What West Virginia Counselors & CTE Coordinators Struggle With

These are the durable-skills-and-career-readiness challenges we consistently hear from West Virginia educators implementing the WVCCRDSSS, the 22-credit Policy 2510 diploma, Personalized Education Plans, the Simulated Workplace CTE program, and the eight CTSOs:

Generating measurable evidence for WVCCRDSSS dispositions across grades 6-12

The WVCCRDSSS describes attitudes, knowledge, skills, and dispositions across four domains: academic and learning development, career and life planning, personal and social development, and global citizenship. Districts need durable-skills measurement and development tools that produce evidence across grades 6-12 — documentation that fits middle and high school teacher-led student advisory systems and complements the Personalized Education Plan.

Operationalizing K-12 Personalized Education Plans (PEPs)

West Virginia regulation requires districts to provide structured Personalized Student Planning beginning in 8th-grade career exploration, continuing with annual revisions through 10th-grade postsecondary planning. Counselors need year-round data on student strengths, executive function, and career interests to guide informed pathway selection across the 22-credit diploma, the Personalized credit, and the Flex Credit (CTE/Computer Science/additional core).

Building evidence that supports Simulated Workplace B&I evaluations

West Virginia’s nationally-recognized Simulated Workplace program requires student portfolios documenting credentials earned and projects completed for B&I on-site evaluations rated annually across Financial 30%, Business Processes 30%, Learning & Growth 25%, and Customer 15%. Districts need durable-skills tools that measure executive function, leadership, and collaboration with year-round evidence supporting the West Virginia Industry Endorsement (85%+ score).

Coordinating eight CTSOs across all 16 National Career Clusters

West Virginia recognizes eight CTSOs (DECA, Educators Rising, FCCLA, FBLA, FFA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, TSA) as integrated co-curricular activities within CTE programs of study, authorized by the Carl D. Perkins CTE Act. Counselors need year-round data on student strengths and interests to guide informed Career Cluster selection, CTSO officer development, competition preparation, and pathway completion across all 16 National Career Clusters under WVBE Policy 2520.13.

Operationalizing EDGE early-college and dual-enrollment pathways

The West Virginia EDGE (Earn a Degree, Graduate Early) program enables high school students and adult learners to earn college credit in CTE courses through partnerships with WV community and technical colleges, Marshall University, West Virginia University, Fairmont State, Pierpont Community & Technical College, and other postsecondary institutions. Districts need durable-skills tools that measure executive function and self-direction with evidence supporting EDGE readiness.

Honoring West Virginia’s Indigenous historical heritage in K-12 instruction

West Virginia was historically home to Shawnee, Delaware (Lenni Lenape), and Cherokee peoples, along with Iroquoian-speaking groups including Seneca, Tuscarawas, Susquehannock, and Mingo. The Kanawha River name derives from the Conoy people. In 1996, the WV State Senate recognized the Appalachian American Indians of West Virginia (AAIWV). Approximately 11,000 West Virginians claim Native American ancestry today. Districts need culture-respectful tools to support diverse learners across rural Appalachian counties.

Platform tools

Renzulli Learning Tools Mapped to West Virginia’s Durable Skills Demands

Each Renzulli tool maps to specific WVCCRDSSS domains, Policy 2510 22-credit diploma requirements, Personalized Education Plan elements, Simulated Workplace evaluation criteria, and West Virginia CTE Career Clusters — producing concrete, exportable evidence of durable skills growth:

Renzulli Profiler: A 20-30 minute student self-assessment for grades Pre-K through 12. Captures each student’s interests, learning styles, and expression styles — the strength-based foundation for advisory systems and PEP reviews. Available in 20+ languages, supporting West Virginia’s diverse student populations.
Cebeci Test of Creativity (CTC): The first US-patented creativity assessment (US Patent 12,087,176), built on three decades of research at the Renzulli Center. Generates measurable creativity-disposition evidence aligned to WVCCRDSSS Critical Thinking and Personal & Social Development domains. Culture-independent.
Executive Function Assessment: Surfaces planning, working memory, time management, and self-monitoring — directly tested in Simulated Workplace time clocks, quarterly reports, and B&I evaluations.
Leadership Assessment: Quantifies team-leadership and interpersonal-effectiveness dispositions. Direct fit with the eight West Virginia CTSOs (DECA, Educators Rising, FCCLA, FBLA, FFA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, TSA) and Simulated Workplace work-team rotations.
Personal Success Plan (PSP): The durable-skills companion to a student’s Personalized Education Plan. Documents goals, evidence, credentials, and reflections from 8th-grade career exploration through 12th-grade postsecondary planning.
SEM Type III Project-Based Learning: Renzulli’s original Schoolwide Enrichment Model Type III is the gold standard for student-driven authentic projects — producing the artifacts that fit naturally into Simulated Workplace student portfolios and CTSO competitive event submissions.
Enrichment Database (40,000+ activities): Pre-curated learning experiences across all 16 National Career Clusters — supporting Personalized credit, Flex Credit, EDGE preparation, and Pathways WV-aligned exploration without disrupting CFWV.com workflows.
21st-Century Skills Framework: Renzulli’s standards-mapped framework cross-walks each platform tool to the durable skills named in WVCCRDSSS, the four CTSO leadership domains, and the Simulated Workplace evaluation rubric.
Alignment at a glance

How Renzulli Learning maps to West Virginia’s career readiness framework

West Virginia framework element Renzulli Learning tool Evidence generated
WVCCRDSSS (4 domains: Academic & Learning Development, Career & Life Planning, Personal & Social Development, Global Citizenship) Profiler + CTC + EFA + Leadership Assessment Strength-based dispositions evidence across all four WVCCRDSSS domains
Policy 2510 22-credit diploma (10 prescribed + Personalized + Flex + PEP electives) Profiler + Personal Success Plan Interest patterns inform Personalized credit and Flex Credit selection; PSP documents progress year over year
Personalized Education Plans (PEPs) — 8th-grade exploration through 10th-grade postsecondary planning Profiler + PSP Strength-based interest profile feeds annual PEP reviews; PSP tracks goals across grades 8-12
Simulated Workplace (Financial 30%, Business Processes 30%, Learning & Growth 25%, Customer 15%) EFA + Leadership Assessment + PBL Type III + PSP Documentable durable-skills evidence for B&I on-site evaluations, student portfolios, and Industry Endorsement scoring
16 National Career Clusters (Policy 2520.13) Profiler + Enrichment Database Profiler maps interests across all 16 clusters; 40,000+ enrichment activities span every cluster
Eight CTSOs (DECA, Educators Rising, FCCLA, FBLA, FFA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, TSA) Leadership Assessment + EFA + PBL Type III Officer-readiness evidence; competition-prep documentation; portfolio artifacts for competitive events

Funded where allowable through Title I, II, III, IV, Carl D. Perkins V CTE, and other federal/state allocations. $15/student/year with a 30-day free trial.

“West Virginia counselors and CTE coordinators are working in a Mountain State that operates the only nationally-recognized Simulated Workplace CTE program, where every district runs PEP reviews from 8th grade forward, and where eight CTSOs run alongside the 16 Career Clusters. The challenge isn’t naming the durable skills WVCCRDSSS calls for — it’s producing the multi-year strength-based evidence those advisory systems and B&I evaluations actually need. Renzulli is the K-12 platform built for that job.”
For Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Martinsburg & Beckley Larger West Virginia county districts running multiple high schools and CTE programs across all 16 Career Clusters need a single, exportable durable-skills evidence layer. Renzulli’s assessment data, PBL artifacts, and PSP exports support PEP documentation, the 22-credit Policy 2510 diploma, Simulated Workplace B&I evaluation evidence, Industry Endorsement scoring, EDGE program preparation, CTSO competition portfolios, and Perkins V CTE compliance — without disrupting existing WVDE and WVEIS workflows.
For West Virginia’s Indigenous historical heritage & rural Appalachian districts West Virginia was historically home to Shawnee, Delaware (Lenni Lenape), and Cherokee peoples, along with Seneca, Tuscarawas, Susquehannock, and Mingo. The Kanawha River name derives from the Conoy people; Wheeling from a Delaware word. The 1768 Treaty of Hard Labor and 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers effectively ended Indigenous land claims. Today, no federally-recognized tribes are headquartered in West Virginia, but in 1996 the State Senate recognized the Appalachian American Indians of West Virginia (AAIWV). Approximately 11,000 West Virginians claim Native American ancestry today, most commonly Cherokee. The Profiler’s availability in 20+ languages, the culture-independent CTC, the 40,000+ Enrichment Database, and the PSP’s goal-tracking workflow let a single counselor support strength-based PEP development K-12 across rural Appalachian counties from the eastern panhandle to the southern coalfields.
Frequently asked questions

West Virginia Durable Skills & Career Readiness: Common Questions

Questions West Virginia counselors and CTE coordinators ask most often:

How does Renzulli Learning support West Virginia’s WVCCRDSSS Standards for Student Success?
The WVCCRDSSS describe attitudes, knowledge, skills, and dispositions all students need across four domains: academic and learning development; career and life planning; personal and social development; and global citizenship. The WVCCRDSSS serve as foundational standards for middle and high school teacher-led student advisory systems in all West Virginia schools. Renzulli Learning maps the seven canonical durable skills to the four WVCCRDSSS domains. The Renzulli Profiler captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles in 20-30 minutes for grades Pre-K through 12. The Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176), Executive Function Assessment, and Leadership Assessment provide measurable evidence of dispositions named in WVCCRDSSS. SEM Type III PBL provides authentic application opportunities tied to global citizenship and personal & social development.
How does Renzulli Learning support West Virginia’s 22-credit graduation requirements under Policy 2510?
WVBE Policy 2510 requires 22 credits for graduation, divided between prescribed and personalized credits: 10 prescribed (2 each in ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science, plus 1 PE and 1 Health), 1 Arts credit, 1 Personalized credit based on postsecondary plans, 1 Flex Credit (selectable from CTE, Computer Science, or additional Social Studies/Science), and PEP electives. Many West Virginia districts require additional local credits beyond the state minimum (often 24 credits with 4 each in core subjects). Renzulli’s strength-based assessments document the durable skills underpinning successful completion across all credit areas. The Profiler’s interest profile guides Personalized credit and Flex Credit selection. The Personal Success Plan documents progress; PBL artifacts demonstrate cross-credit durable-skills evidence. Renzulli complements — not replaces — district course catalogs and WVEIS coding.
How does Renzulli Learning support West Virginia’s Simulated Workplace CTE program?
West Virginia’s Simulated Workplace program — launched 2012, statewide by 2016 — is a nationally-recognized authentic project-based learning environment, not a curriculum. Every CTE classroom transforms into a student-led company with time clocks, drug testing of 40% of students, application/interview enrollment, work teams, 5S Continuous Quality Improvement principles, daily 5-10 minute company meetings, quarterly student-developed reports, and student portfolios. All state-approved CTE programs require Simulated Workplace for the 3rd and 4th program courses. Programs are evaluated annually with a Health Department-style scoring rubric: Financial 30%, Business Processes 30%, Learning & Growth 25%, Customer 15%. Programs scoring 85%+ earn the West Virginia Industry Endorsement (good for two years). Renzulli’s Profiler informs work-team placement; the Executive Function Assessment surfaces planning, time-management, and self-monitoring directly tested by time clocks and quarterly reports; the Leadership Assessment documents student officers and team leads; PBL Type III artifacts can be incorporated into student portfolios; and the PSP tracks goals, credentials earned, and Industry Endorsement progress — all without disrupting Simulated Workplace company operations.
How does Renzulli Learning support West Virginia’s Personalized Education Plans (PEPs) and 8th-grade career exploration?
West Virginia state regulation requires districts to provide structured Personalized Student Planning opportunities. During 8th grade, students explore career options and complete needs and interest assessments to choose coursework for 9th and 10th grades. During 10th grade, students choose coursework through end of high school and postsecondary plans. Plans are revised annually with student advisors. Beginning July 2021, all middle schools were required to implement comprehensive career exploration experiences. Renzulli’s Profiler — completed in 20-30 minutes by every student grades Pre-K through 12 — provides the strength-based foundation for these PEP conversations. The Personal Success Plan is the durable-skills companion to a student’s PEP, documenting interests, goals, and progress year over year. The Profiler’s mapping to all 16 National Career Clusters supports informed conversations during the 8th-grade transition and the 10th-grade postsecondary planning year.
How does Renzulli Learning support the West Virginia EDGE (Earn a Degree, Graduate Early) program?
The West Virginia EDGE program enables high school students and adult learners to earn college credit in career/technical courses toward postsecondary technical credentials. EDGE complements broader dual enrollment options through partnerships with West Virginia community and technical colleges, Marshall University, West Virginia University, Fairmont State University, Pierpont Community & Technical College, and other postsecondary institutions. Renzulli supports EDGE preparation by surfacing student interests and aptitudes early through the Profiler, identifying executive function strengths and growth areas affecting college-level coursework success through the EFA, and documenting cross-curricular durable-skills evidence through the PSP that complements transcripts and CTE concentrator portfolios when students transition to EDGE college-credit coursework.
How does Renzulli Learning support West Virginia’s eight Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)?
West Virginia recognizes eight CTSOs as integrated co-curricular activities within CTE programs of study, authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act: DECA (marketing, finance, hospitality, management), Educators Rising (next-generation educators), FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America), FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), FFA (agriculture and food), HOSA (health science), SkillsUSA (skilled trades and technical careers), and TSA (Technology Student Association). All eight develop the same durable skills — leadership, collaboration, communication, executive function — that Renzulli measures and develops. The Renzulli Leadership Assessment helps identify and develop CTSO officers and team leads. The Executive Function Assessment surfaces planning, time-management, and competition-prep skills. PBL Type III artifacts complement competitive event portfolios across all eight CTSOs. The PSP tracks officer roles, competition outcomes, and conference participation as formal durable-skills evidence.
How does Renzulli Learning support West Virginia’s CFWV.com, Pathways WV, and HEPC partnerships?
CFWV.com is a free college and career exploration website operated by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) that supports career planning, postsecondary research, and financial aid navigation. cfwvconnect provides an interactive toolkit integrating CFWV.com activities into counselor and teacher work. Pathways WV is a collection of resources to help students explore the 16 National Career Clusters and identify pathways aligned to West Virginia industry. Renzulli’s Profiler and CTC complement these tools by capturing the strength-based interest profile and creativity dispositions students bring to their CFWV.com exploration. The PSP acts as the durable-skills companion to CFWV.com career planning records. Renzulli does not replace CFWV.com or Pathways WV — it adds a measurable durable-skills assessment and development layer that makes those college and career conversations richer and more individualized.
How does Renzulli Learning support equity for West Virginia’s diverse learners and the state’s Indigenous historical heritage?
West Virginia is home to a diverse student population. While West Virginia has no federally-recognized tribes headquartered in the state today, the region has a deep Indigenous historical heritage. The historic tribes most closely associated with what is now West Virginia are the Shawnee, Delaware (Lenni Lenape), and Cherokee, along with Iroquoian-speaking groups including the Seneca, Tuscarawas, Susquehannock, and Mingo. The Kanawha River name derives from the Conoy people; Wheeling from a Delaware (Lenape) word. The 1768 Treaty of Hard Labor and 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers (followed by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville) effectively removed remaining Indigenous claims. In 1996, the West Virginia State Senate recognized the Appalachian American Indians of West Virginia (AAIWV). Approximately 11,000 West Virginians claim Native American ancestry today, most commonly Cherokee. The Renzulli Profiler is available in 20+ languages. The Cebeci Test of Creativity is culture-independent (US Patent 12,087,176). Renzulli complements — not replaces — West Virginia districts’ work to teach the rich Indigenous history of the Mountain State.

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