Assessing 21st Century Skills

Finding ways to assess 21st century learning skills should top the list of education technology priorities for the next Administration and Congress, according to the more than 500 school leaders that responded to a survey issued yesterday by the National School Boards Association at the organization’s annual technology and learning conference, T+L.

More than 50 percent of the district leaders surveyed agreed that their top education technology priority for the new Administration and Congress should be assessing 21st century skills. An additional 43 percent called for supporting increased professional development around educational technology, while 38 percent wanted an increased focus on S.T.E. M. subject areas (science, technology, engineering, and math).

Read the survey.