George - Assessing 21st Century Skills

Microsoft, Intel, and the University of Oregon are working on a way to measure 21st Century skills such as the collaborative problem solving process. Quality assessments need to be develod using the 80/20 ruless Developing a better way to measure 21st century skills and tasks for students. Using gaming strategies as a way to measure 21st century skills Using gaming algorithms to match up skills. 80% of time we fail in games. How to develop a gaming situation that allows us to measure up what is needed to be successful to demonstrate a 21st century skills. Fascinating....new assessments will look like simulation games and collaborative problem solving scenarios where skills will be used I concert and not isolation. Video on the vision of what the future holds for students currently in the 5th grade will eerie nice when they graduate from high school. Www.microsoft.com/office/labs Click on the link future vision. Data needs to be in the hands of the people who need it the most. The students! How do we get student achievement data in the hands of the students in a way they will understand it and use it to help them move forward.