Assessing 21st Century Skills-Assessment in PBL Series Part 2

“One of the biggest things is letting people know that a lot of the assessments that they already have they can use throughout their project. They don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”

— David Ross, Global Education Consultant & former CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21)

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Educators today are tasked with preparing their students for an ever-changing world — so how do we prepare our students to be successful in that landscape? How do we integrate the skills necessary for them to thrive in the “real world”? And more importantly, how do we go about assessing those skills?

In this episode, Josh and Andrea have a conversation with Global Education Consultant David Ross (@DavidPBLRoss) to discuss the idea of 21st Century Skills. What are they? Why are they so important? How do we assess them? How do these skills fit into a Project Based Learning framework? In this installment of the series on assessment in PBL, our hosts and their guest address just that.

Check out Episode 6 now to enjoy this conversation about assessing 21st Century Skills within a Project Based Learning framework.