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Minnesota's Essential Skills Credential

Minnesota’s Essential Skills Credential program is for English Language Learning (ELL) students. If you complete the ELL program, you will earn an Essential Skills Credential from the state of Minnesota Department of Education.

Please read the entire article at: http://escurriculum.spps.org/Students.html

Watch the Essential Skills Credential video: http://escurriculum.spps.org/sites/0986df53-fb39-4fa2-816b-03b698926774/uploads/ESC_Promo.m4v

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The Benefits: Reduce costs and increase efficiency

Using CASAS can help reduce “wrong hires” and evaluate current employees to ensure their skills match their job. 

With CASAS you can save wasteful turnover costs and increase retention among your best workers – the ones you really need to keep.

How do you know who has solid reading, math, writing, and other skills at the levels you need?

CASAS assessments help you make those decisions.

  • Identify skill gaps
  • Document specific and effective workplace behaviors and job-related skills
  • Focus on instructional recommendations and document progress 

Choose from these resources to help you find the best workers.

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