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Assessing 21st Century Competencies: Guiding Principles for States and Districts

Chris BrandtCarla EvansChris Domaleski
Jan 21, 2025
Assessment Classroom/Formative District Education Policy Large Scale Assessment Performance- & Project-Based State

Students need 21st century competencies to succeed in school, work and civic life. But assessing those competencies is challenging.

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Student Agency

Chris Brandt
Jan 06, 2025
Assessment Balanced Assessment Systems Classroom/Formative Interim Assessment Large Scale Assessment Performance- & Project-Based

Student agency is a crucial skill, but schools struggle to teach and assess it. This review explores its assessment implications.

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Understanding Assessment Culture

Erika LandlCaroline Wylie
Aug 30, 2024
Assessment Assessment Literacy Balanced Assessment Systems Classroom/Formative District Education Policy Professional Learning

How do attitudes and beliefs about assessment affect teaching and learning in your school? In partnership with ISTE, the Center has created a guide that’s intended to help school and […]

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A Review of the Literature on Intercultural Understanding

Chris Brandt
Aug 15, 2024
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

In today’s globalized world, intercultural understanding is a crucial skill that fosters respectful and productive interactions among diverse populations. Such skills are especially critical in today’s workforce, which increasingly demands […]

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Analytical Thinking

Chris BrandtWill Lorié
Jun 07, 2024
Assessment Classroom/Formative Education Policy Interim Assessment Large Scale Assessment Performance- & Project-Based State

The ability to think analytically is vital in today’s world. In an era defined by rapid technological advancements, economic globalization and societal complexities, analytical thinking skills are paramount to career […]

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Toolkit

Assessing 21st Century Skills

Center For Assessment Team
Dec 28, 2023
Assessment Classroom/Formative Interim Assessment Professional Learning

It’s never been more important to teach 21st century skills—the cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal competencies that students need to thrive in postsecondary education and the global workforce. But teaching these skills—and […]

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Toolkit

Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) Toolkit

Jeri Thompson
Jun 20, 2023
Assessment Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

This toolkit is designed to provide teachers, curriculum coordinators and school leaders with the information and resources necessary to understand the underlying expectations of text dependent analysis. Additional instructional resources […]

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Module

Classroom Assessment Learning Modules

Center For Assessment Team
Jun 26, 2022
Assessment Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

We created a series of learning modules that support the development of educators’ classroom assessment literacy in areas critical to student academic success and reducing achievement gaps. The modules provide […]

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Toolkit

Assessment Quality Evaluation Methodology

Center For Assessment Team
Nov 13, 2021
Assessment Classroom/Formative Large Scale Assessment

These resources were developed by the Center for Assessment to support comprehensive evaluations of standardized assessments measuring college- and career-ready standards relatives to CCSSO’s Criteria for Procuring and Evaluating High […]

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Toolkit

Student Learning Objectives Toolkit

Center For Assessment Team
Nov 12, 2021
Assessment Assessment Literacy Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

The Student Learning Objectives Toolkit is a resource developed by the Center to help educators map out the process for developing quality SLOs. This module contains the following: –SLO – […]

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Toolkit

Local Assessment Toolkit: Exploring Cognitive Rigor

Karin Hess
Nov 08, 2021
Assessment Classroom/Formative Interim Assessment Professional Learning

As states and schools begin a transition to the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, they will need to come to a shared agreement on what increased cognitive rigor […]

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Self-Directed Learning

Chris Brandt
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

States are increasingly interested in defining and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper-learning competencies. This paper explores the conceptualizations, definitions, and understandings in the research literature […]

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Paper

Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Complex Communication

Jeri Thompson
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

States are increasingly interested in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper-learning competencies. This paper explores the literature on complex communication. Key initial questions […]

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Paper

Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Collaboration

Carla Evans
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Education Policy Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

There is a growing interest in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper learning competencies. The purpose of this literature review is to explore […]

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Paper

Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Critical Thinking

Carla Evans
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

States are increasingly interested in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper-learning competencies. This paper explores the conceptualizations, definitions, and understandings in the research […]

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Presentation

A Sociocultural Approach to Building Classroom Assessment Literacy Across Multiple Contexts

Scott MarionNathan DadeyCarla EvansKadie WilsonJeri Thompson
Sep 18, 2019
Assessment Assessment Literacy Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

This presentation illustrates how the Center for Assessment uses Lave and Wenger’s (1991) concept of “legitimate peripheral participation” in our work to improve assessment literacy at scale.

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Paper

Validating a New Instrument to Examine K-12 Competency-based Education Implementation

Carla EvansSuzanne GrahamMelissa Lefebvre
Jun 01, 2018
Assessment Classroom/Formative Education Policy Validation & Technical Quality

Competency-based education (CBE) reform has become a priority in many local and state education agencies. An oft-cited goal of CBE is to reduce inequities in student achievement outcomes and achievement […]

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Presentation

2016 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series

Center For Assessment Team
Sep 29, 2016
Assessment Classroom/Formative Education Policy Interim Assessment Large Scale Assessment

Setting the Foundation: Frameworks for Assessment, Context, and Literacy Fit the Assessment to Intended Purpose and Uses – Erika Hall Assessments: Beyond the Claims – Jeri Thompson Assessment Literacy Framework […]

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