§ PLATFORM / ACCESSIBILITY · Accessibility

Every candidate gets
the same shot at
the assessment.

Accessibility is what your civil service partner asks about first and what your director hopes nobody complains about. ReadyFirst is designed against WCAG 2.1 AA. The accessibility statement on file says what we test for, what we don't, and what a candidate can expect. Accommodations that go beyond what the platform handles natively are something we work on with your hiring agency directly.

// THE COMPLIANCE GATE

An assessment that fails a candidate with a disability isn't a measurement — it's a barrier. ReadyFirst is built so the platform itself doesn't get in the way of the score. When a candidate needs an accommodation beyond what the platform handles natively, we work with your hiring agency to make it fit.

§ How it's built

Three decisions that protect both the candidate and the record.

01

Designed against WCAG 2.1 AA

Semantic markup, keyboard navigation, screen-reader compatibility, and contrast tuned for the dispatch console — built into the assessment from the start, not retrofitted.

Designed against the standard, not certified to it. We don't have a third-party WCAG audit in progress today, and we won't claim one we don't have. The accessibility statement documents what we test for and what we don't.

02

Accommodations handled in partnership with your agency

There's no self-serve request form built into the assessment today. When a candidate has accommodation needs — extended time, scheduling flexibility, environment, format — your hiring agency takes the request and loops us in if something needs to happen on our side. We work with you to make it fit.

Police HR teams already run the interactive accommodations conversation as part of hiring. We don't insert a parallel vendor workflow on top of that — we're the technology partner that adapts when your process surfaces a need.

03

Plain-language instructions for the candidate

Instructions written in the language of the work, not the language of a psychology textbook. No jargon, no psychometric vocabulary, no implicit prior testing experience required.

Accessibility isn't only WCAG. If the instructions get in the way of the candidate showing what they can do, the score stops being a measurement of them — and that's an accessibility failure too.

[ SPEC SHEET ]

What your civil service partner will want in writing.

Standard targeted
WCAG 2.1 AA. Built against, not third-party certified to. The accessibility statement on file documents per-criterion posture.
Keyboard navigation
Full assessment is operable via keyboard. Tab order, focus indicators, and shortcut conventions follow WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices.
Screen reader support
Semantic landmarks, ARIA labels on interactive controls, and announcement patterns compatible with major screen readers.
Contrast
Foreground/background pairs meet WCAG 2.1 AA contrast ratios across the assessment UI.
Reduced motion
Respects the user's prefers-reduced-motion setting. Animations that don't carry meaning are suppressed.
Accommodation requests
No self-serve request form in the assessment today. Candidates contact the agency that invited them; the agency works with us directly when something needs to be configured or arranged on our side.
Accessibility statement
Available on request. Documents conformance posture, known limitations, and contact path for reporting issues.
Audit posture
No third-party WCAG audit currently in progress. If procurement requires one, tell us and we'll discuss timing.

The accessibility statement is provided on request. If you need a third-party audit attached to your procurement, tell us — we'll talk through timing and what would be in scope.

§ Next

Send the accessibility statement
to your civil service partner.

Request the statement and we'll send the current version, plus our current posture on accommodations and a path to report any issue a candidate surfaces.