Template+-+Postsecondary+and+Workforce+Readiness+and+21st+Century+Skills

__**POSTSECONDARY AND WORKFORCE READINESS & 21ST CENTURY SKILLS**__ Template for Formative and Interim Assessment Subcommittee Recommendations //If you make edits to this document, please use a different font color and include your initials after each edit.//

__**//Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness//**__ //The Assessment Stakeholders Committee has agreed that PWR should be an aspect of each piece of the new Colorado Assessment System. Explain how your recommended assessment demonstrates that a student is progressing toward readiness to enter the workforce and/or postsecondary institutions.// Formative assessment practices can include opportunities for student to track the progress of their learning over time and establish goals for their learning that relate to being post-secondary and workforce ready. To do this learners would need to have some indication of their current location on the progression of learning that leads to being post-secondary/workforce ready. [JOO]

**__//21st Century Skills //__** //The Assessment Stakeholders Committee has agreed that 21st Century Skills should be an aspect of each piece of the new Colorado Assessment System. Explain how your recommendation assesses these skills: critical thinking and reasoning, information literacy, collaboration, self-direction, and invention. //

The Formative Assessment System requires students to analyze their progress towards standards and learning targets, addressing critical thinking, reasoning, and self-direction (KL).