1. Assessing 21st Century SkillsJared A. Cotton, Ed.D. Virginia Beach City Public Schools

2. Do you recognize these?

3. Look Familiar?

5. Am I ready for college, work, and citizenship?

6. Globally aware, independent, responsible… Effective communicators and collaborators Critical and creative thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers

7. “We value what we measure rather than measure what we value.”

9. Performance Assessment Exhibitions, investigations, demonstrations, written or oral responses, journals, and portfolios.

10. Balance is essential…

11. Multiple-choice test Digital portfolio Common assessments Performance tasks

13. Crime Statistics Research Brief

15. You want us to do WHAT?

16. Student reactions!

17. How will these assessments be scored accurately?

18. How will we communicate to stakeholders?

19. Change in classroom practice?

20. Summary A balanced assessment system is essential to assessing 21st century skills Challenges Time Initial resistance from teachers and students Accuracy of scoring Communication to stakeholders Pay off Improved classroom instruction Student mastery of essential skills