Assessment

=Assessments that Measure 21st Century Skills=

//Clearly, we must tackle these assessment issues now--// //or we risk the same kind of gap between how students learn// //and how they are tested as we have already// //between how students live and how they learn.//

Please View the Video: **A Vision of Students Today - 21st Century Learners**
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//Accountability doesn't cause failure;// //it identifies failure.// //And only by acknowledging poor performance// //can we ever help schools to achieve.// //You can't solve a problem unless////you first diagnose the problem.// - President George W. Bush

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills and its partners have written "Learning for the 21st Century: A Report and Mile Guilde for 21st Century Skills." They hope to inspire a nationwide dialogue that will encouage communities to embrace, to use and to adapt this vision for education to make real progress for children. They call for schools to change dramatically even as they face difficult economic challenges and a vigorous discussion of student achievement and assessments. Please read the section titled, "Use 21st Century Assessments that Measure 21st Century Skills" to gain information regarding a small piece of the larger vision.

**21st Century Skills: Will Our Students be Prepared?**
Regardless of the impact of 21st century learning on test scores, there is clearly a need for assessment tools that measure those essential skills that will never be captured by traditional tests. Please read the yellow highlighted section titled, "New Assessments and Measures of Progress."

**21st Century Curriculum Design**
Please view the slideshare presentation to gather ideas about what it means to assess 21st century skills.

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