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Assessing 21st Century Skills
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
National School Boards Association
Orlando, Florida
March 29, 2008
• Who is the Partnership and what is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• Formative Assessment of 21st century skills
• Summative Assessment of 21st century skills
• The North Carolina Experience
Overview
P21 Members
Who is the Partnership?
A unique partnership between business, education and
policymakers
With support from the U.S. Department of Education
20th Century Education Model
21st Century Skills Framework
21st Century Skills Framework
Core Subjects- Economics- English- Government - Arts- History- Geography- Reading or Language- Arts- Mathematics- Science- World Languages- Civics
21st Century Themes- Global Awareness- Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurship Literacy- Civic Literacy- Health Literacy
Learning & Innovation Skills
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving• Creativity & Innovation• Communication & Collaboration
21st Century Skills Framework
21st Century Skills Framework
Information, Media & Technology Skills
• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy
21st Century Skills Framework
Life & Career Skills
• Flexibility & Adaptability• Initiative & Self-Direction• Social & Cross-Cultural Skills• Productivity & Accountability• Leadership & Responsibility
How do I learn more about 21st century skills?
21st Century Skills Framework
www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21
Why is assessment so important?
• Importance of global benchmarking
• Importance of emerging skills
Assessment
Source: Levy F. and R.J. Murnane (2004) The New Division of Labor: How Computers are Creating the Next Labor Market. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Assessment
• Who is the Partnership and what is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• Formative Assessment of 21st century skills
• Summative Assessment of 21st century skills
• The North Carolina Experience
Overview
What is Formative Assessment?
It is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and
learning to improve students’ achievement of intended outcomes.
-- CCSSO
Formative Assessment
• Clarifying and sharing learning intentions and criteria for success
• Engineering effective classroom discussions, questions and learning tasks that elicit evidence of learning
• Providing feedback that moves learning forward• Activating students as the owners of their own
learning• Activating students as instructional resources for
one another
“Classroom Assessment: Minute by Minute, Day by Day” Leahy, Lyon, Thompson, Wiliam. 2005.
Formative Assessment
What does it look like in the classroom?
Issues
•Definitional Issues
•Gray areas
•Grading
•Teacher Time
Formative Assessment
Partnership for 21st Century Skills White Paper on Assessment
Formative Assessment
P21 Paper
• Focus on 21st century skills
• Make thinking visible, structured, real time, authentic
• Data used to inform instruction
• Build capacity of teachers
and students
Formative Assessment
F. A. Characteristics in Literature
• Clarifying learning intensions/criteria (standards)
• Rich information, elicit evidence of learning, during learning
• Feedback to advance learning
• Process used by teachers and students, activating students
Partnership for 21st Century Skills White Paper on Assessment
What Teachers Need
• Good assessment skills• Pedagogical content knowledge• Professional development
Formative Assessment
Why is formative assessment so important for 21st century skills?
• Impact on performance• Greater authenticity possible
Formative Assessment
Additional Comments
• External resources• Tools in white paper• Technology
– Capabilities for formative assessment– 21st century technology skills
Formative Assessment
• Who is the Partnership and what is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• Formative Assessment of 21st century skills
• Summative Assessment of 21st century skills
• The North Carolina Experience
Overview
What are they for?
•Program evaluation•Classification/selection of
students or schools•Grades
Summative Assessment
• “External” summative testsLarge-scale assessments (international, national,
state)General achievement measures (e.g. commercial
NRT’s, SAT, ACT) Interim/benchmark
• Classroom, school, district summative tests Unit, marking period tests/exams
District accountability
Summative AssessmentExamples
Developing large scale 21st century assessments is challenging
• Expensive – government investment in innovation is essential (enhanced assessment grants).
• Test development is bound by disciplinary conventions.
• The status quo tends to drive much of what is done.
• Philosophic viewpoints clash.
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
www.21stcenturyskills.org/Route21
• Who is the Partnership and what is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?
• Formative Assessment of 21st century skills
• Summative Assessment of 21st century skills
• The North Carolina Experience
Overview
State Board of Education’s new mission:
FUTURE-READY STUDENTSfor the 21st Century
The North Carolina Experience
FUTURE-READY STUDENTSfor the 21st Century
The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every
public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work
and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century.
The North Carolina Experience
New Standards for a New Mission
•Principal Standards•Teacher Standards
The North Carolina Experience
Graduation Project •Paper•Portfolio•Product•Presentation
The North Carolina Experience
www.ncpublicschools.org/graduationproject
ICT/ETS
The North Carolina Experience
http://www.ets.org/Media/Products/ICT_Literacy/demo2/index.html
Biology Prototype Project
The North Carolina Experience
Dr. John BransfordInternational expert on cognition
and technology
LIFE CenterLearning in Informal
andFormal Environments
The North Carolina Experience
Blue Ribbon Accountability Commission
Are our students ready for the new global economy?
Conclusion
Conclusion
Are our students critical thinkers and problem solvers?
Are our students globally aware?
Are our students self-directed?
Are our students good collaborators?
Are our students information and technology literate?
Are our students flexible and adaptable?
Are our students innovative?
Are our students effective communicators?
Conclusion
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