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Assessment of 21st Century Skills
An ad hoc steering committee will plan and conduct a public workshop to explore current research, development, administration, and evaluation of assessments that may be able to measure 21st century skills. The workshop will build on two previous workshops. The first workshop, in 2007, explored growing employer demand for employees who possess broad, transferable skills (including adaptability, complex communication skills, and non-routine problem solving). The second workshop, in 2009, examined the idea that facets of these broad “21st century" skills can be developed within the context of high-quality science education, as well as within other school subjects, and also raised critical questions about how to assess these types of skills. This workshop will address these questions, shedding light on research related to assessments that may be capable of measuring 21st century skills. The major themes emerging from the workshop presentations and discussions will be synthesized in an individually-authored workshop summary report.
MEMBERSHIP:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Joan L. Herman (Chair), National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA
Greg Duncan, University of California, Irvine
Deirdre Knapp, HumRRO, Alexandria, VA
Patrick Kyllonen, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Juan Sanchez, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Steven L. Wise, Northwest Evaluation Association, Lake Oswego, OR
Final Report: Assessing 21st Century Skills: Summary of a Workshop
MEETINGS
Workshop 1:
January 12-13, 2011 at the Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
Agenda (includes presentations, papers, and handouts)
Speaker Bios
Participant List
Follow-up Workshop:
May 4, 2011 at the NAS Keck Center, Washington, DC
Agenda
Previous NRC work on 21st Century Skills:
Workshop 1, 2007: Research Evidence Related to Future Skill Demands
Workshop 2, 2009: Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and the Development of 21st Century Skills
Workshop 3, 2011: Assessment of 21st Century Skills
Workshop Report 1, 2008: Research on Future Skill Demands
Workshop Report 2, 2010: Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and 21st Century Skills
Workshop Report 3, forthcoming
Expert meeting for the Hewlett Foundation, 2010: Research on 21st Century Competencies
Consensus study for Hewlett and other foundations, forthcoming: Defining Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills
CFE board discussion, 2005: Identifying and Developing 21st Century Skills
CFE planning meeting, 2005: Planning Meeting on Education for 21st Century Skills
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