Free Workforce Pell readiness assessment
A free interactive scorecard for workforce programs preparing to submit under the Workforce Pell 70/70 accountability regime. Six dimensions. Under 10 minutes. Score green, amber, or red on each and see where remediation should focus before certification.
No account required. No results saved server-side. Under 10 minutes.
The six dimensions the scorecard checks
The 70/70 thresholds and the value-added earnings test are the visible standards. The scorecard checks the operational infrastructure behind them: whether your existing measurement, verification, and reporting will hold up under review. See our 70/70 thresholds guide for the underlying rules.
Do your target occupations map cleanly to state high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand lists? Programs that fail here fail approval, not just performance thresholds.
The scorecard checks whether your current cohort-completion accounting matches how Workforce Pell will measure it. Most programs's existing tracking will not translate directly.
70% placement is measured against state UI wage records, not participant surveys. The scorecard maps what state administrative data your program has access to today.
A leading indicator of the placement threshold is participant interview readiness at program exit. The scorecard checks how you measure it and whether the data is auditable.
A single program failure locks out substantially similar programs sharing the same CIP or SOC codes. The scorecard identifies your exposure and where remediation should focus.
Whether your program can produce the required reporting under real staff-time constraints. The scorecard flags where manual work is the bottleneck.
After the scorecard
Email sg@capstonetech.co to schedule a 30-minute appointment with Shawn Gregoire, our founder. Bring your completed scorecard and one target Workforce Pell program. You leave with a plan for closing any amber or red dimensions, and a clear answer on whether Capstone Workforce fits the interview and readiness measurement piece.
What Workforce Pell is, which programs are eligible, the approval gates, and what to do now.
The mechanics of the completion, placement, and value-added earnings thresholds — and the two-year lockout for substantially similar programs.
The rules read as an engineering specification. Four data capabilities a program must hold continuously.
Where each state stands on Workforce Pell certification, refreshed regularly.
Six dimensions aligned to what Workforce Pell will require operationally: occupational alignment with state in-demand lists, completion tracking against the 150% window, Q2 placement verification against state wage records, interview and readiness measurement, substantially similar program lockout exposure, and reporting burden. Each dimension gets a green / amber / red rating with a recommended next step.
Under 10 minutes. It is designed for a program director to run through in one sitting; the questions are yes/no or short-answer, not narrative.
You get a completed scorecard you can share with your team. The strongest signal is where you scored amber or red on any dimension; those are the areas to address before submitting for Workforce Pell certification. To walk through your results and how Capstone Workforce supports the interview and readiness dimensions specifically, email sg@capstonetech.co to schedule a 30-minute appointment.
Real conversation. A 30-minute appointment covers your scorecard results and where the gaps sit. If Capstone Workforce fits, we walk you through the platform. If it does not, we tell you what would.
No. The scorecard is free. It is provided as a service to the workforce field because programs that fail the 70/70 thresholds lose eligibility for two years, and the failure is preventable with the right measurement infrastructure.