In today's rapidly changing and information-rich world, students are not
acquiring adequate knowledge and skills to prepare them for careers in
mathematics, science, and technology with the traditional approach to
assessment and instruction. New competencies (e.g., information
communication and technology skills) are needed to deal successfully
with the deluge of data. In order to accomplish this, new "educationally
valuable" skills must be acknowledged and assessed. Toward this end, the
skills we value and support for a society producing knowledge workers,
not simply service workers, must be identified, together with methods
for their measurement.
Innovative Assessment for the 21st Century explores the
faces of future assessment--and ask hard questions, such as: What would
an assessment that captures all of the above attributes look like?
Should it be standardized? What is the role of the professional teacher?