21 century assessment
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Assessment, Professional Development and 21st Century Skills
WE MUST FUSE THE THREE “R”s WITH THE FOUR “C”s.
The four “C”s
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity and innovation
As the three “R”s serve as an umbrella for other subjects, the four “C”s do for other skills.
The four “C”s are a student’sticket up the economic ladder
in the 21st century.
The Framework for 21st Century Learning describes the skills, knowledge and expertise students must master to succeed in work and life.
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• Environmental Literacy
21st Century Skills Framework
Learning & Innovation Skills
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving• Creativity & Innovation• Communication & Collaboration
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
21st Century Skills Framework
Standards & Assessment
Curriculum & Instruction
Professional Development
Learning Environments
Guiding Recommendations
Assessment:1. Build 21st century skills into formative assessment
strategies. 2. Create an aligned accountability system: all assessment
strategies should align with 21st century skills standards, professional development and curriculum and instruction.
3. Consider ICT literacy assessment as a starting point.4. Create open repositories for assessment items and rubrics
that help measure 21st century skills.
Guiding Recommendations
Professional Development:1. Develop intensive teacher professional development
programs that focus intentionally on 21st century skills instruction.
2. Build capacity.3. Develop district leadership teams to infuse 21st century skills
throughout the school district. 4. Invest in ICT (information communications technologies)
excellence. 5. Develop professional learning communities around specific
21st century skills. Train administrators around how to lead 21st century skills initiatives.
What are the characteristics of effective professional development?
Research: Effective Professional Development
• Intensive and ongoing • Connected to practice and other
school initiatives• Content related• Builds strong working relationships
among teachers Professional Learning in the Learning Profession, National Staff Development Council 2009
“It’s time for our education workforce to engage in learning the way other
professionals do - continually, collaboratively and on the job – to address common problems and
crucial challenges where they work.”
-- Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr
• Students should be able to:Apply technology effectively– Use technology as a tool to research,
organize, evaluate and communicate information.
– Use digital technologies, communication/ networking tools and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information in order to successfully function is a knowledge society.
ICT Literacy
Information Searching– Google, Pagebull, Ask, Aftervote…
Managing and Organizing– Calendars, To Do Lists, Student Information
SpacesSocial Bookmarking– Del.icio.us, Diigo
Content Collaboration– Wiki, Google Docs
Media Sharing– Voicethread, Flickr, Podcasts
Social Networking– My Space, Ning, Twitter
Web 2.0 Social Tools
Stripling Inquiry Model
Inquiry is a framework for learning
Choosing Web 2.0 Tools to Support Teaching and Learning in a Digital World, Pam Berger, Sally Trexler, Libraries Unlimited, 2010
Stripling Inquiry Process• Connect– Connect to self, previous knowledge– Gain background knowledge to set context for
new learning– Observe, experience
• Wonder– Develop questions– Make predictions
• Investigate– Find and evaluate information to answer
questions, test hypotheses– Think about the information to illuminate new
questions and hypotheses
* Barbara Stripling, Inquiry-Based Learning in Curriculum Connections Through the Library. Libraries Unlimited
Stripling Inquiry Process• Construct
– Construct new understandings connected to previous knowledge
– Draw conclusions about questions and hypotheses• Express
– Express new ideas to share learning with others– Apply understandings to a new context, new
situations• Reflect
– Reflect on own process of learning and on new understandings gained from inquiry
– Ask new questions
Stripling Inquiry Model
Searching
Managing and Organizing
Social Bookmarking
Content Collaboration
Media Sharing
Social Networking
Stripling Inquiry Model
Searching
Managing and Organizing
Social Bookmarking
Content Collaboration
Media Sharing
Social Networking
Diigo.com
Social Networking
http://ning.com
Media Sharing
http:www.voicethread.com
