Assessing 21st Century Skills: Summary of a Workshop (2011)
Chapter: Appendix B: Agenda and Participants for the May Workshop
Appendix B
Agenda and Participants
for the May Workshop
Assessment of 21st Century Skills
Workshop Follow-Up Symposium
May 4, 2011
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington, DC
AGENDA
Wednesday, May 4
| 1:00-1:10 | Introductions, Overview of Plans |
| Stuart Elliott, BOTA director | |
| Gerhard Salinger, National Science Foundation (cosponsor of project) | |
| 1:10-1:30 | Brief Review of the Workshop in January |
| Joan Herman, CRESST (steering committee chair) | |
• What are 21st century skills and why are they important? | |
• How do the skills relate to college and career readiness/ preparedness? | |
• What are the challenges in assessing these skills? | |
| For information about the January workshop, see http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/Assessment_of_21st_Century_Skills_Homepage.html. |
| 1:30-2:30 | Panel Discussion of Sample Assessments of 21st Century Skills (20 minutes each) |
Assessments of Cognitive Skills | |
Nathan Kuncel, University of Minnesota | |
Assessments of Interpersonal Skills | |
Stephen M. Fiore, University of Central Florida | |
Assessments of Intrapersonal Skills | |
Rick Hoyle, Duke University | |
Each panelist will | |
• Briefly describe/define the kind of skills grouped within their cluster. | |
• Give a quick overview of why the skills are important skills. | |
• Give a synthetic overview of the assessment examples that were presented at the January workshop and provide a critique/reaction to them. | |
• Discuss the extent to which the example assessments (or assessment strategies) are likely to provide reliable and valid information about the intended skill. | |
| 2:30-2:45 | Moderated Discussion |
| Discussion Leader: Joan Herman | |
| 2:45-3:15 | Response: Measurement Guidance (15 minutes each) Deirdre Knapp, HumRRO (steering committee member) Patrick Kyllonen, ETS (steering committee member) |
| Speakers will respond to the panelists and address the following: | |
• From a measurement/technical perspective, what is the feasibility of implementing assessments of these kinds of skills in the K-12 setting? | |
• What purposes can they feasibly serve? How might the results be used? | |
• What factors might complicate implementation of the assessment or assessment strategy? | |
• What fairness and equal access issues should be considered? |
| 3:15-3:45 | Response: Policy Guidance (15 minutes each) |
| Joan Herman | |
| Steven Wise, Northwest Evaluation Association (steering committee member) | |
| Speakers will respond to the panelists and address the following: | |
• What are the key messages for policy makers with regard to implementing assessments of these skills in the K-12 setting? | |
• What would you like policy makers to know about the assessments, the assessment strategies, and/or implementing measures of these constructs? | |
| 3:45-4:15 | Moderated Discussion |
| Joan Herman | |
| 4:15 | Adjourn |
PARTICIPANTS
Geri Anderson-Nielsen, Gender Equity for Mathematics and Science
Nancy Smith Brooks, U.S. Department of Education
Christopher Brown, Pearson Foundation
Rex Clemmensen, ACT, Inc.
Sara Clough, ACT, Inc.
Debbie Cole
Christopher Coro, U.S. Department of Education
Roman Czujko, American Institute of Physics
Emily Dalton Smith, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
George DeBoer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mary E. Dilworth, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Nancy Doorey, Education Testing Service, Center for K-12 Assessment and Performance Management
Emerson Elliott, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Maria Ferguson, Alliance for Excellent Education
Steven Fiore, University of Central Florida
Bruce Fuchs, National Institutes of Health
Gavin Fulmer, National Science Foundation
Peirce Hammond, U.S. Department of Education
Mark Heidorn, CTB/McGraw-Hill
Andres Henriquez, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Monica Herk, National Board on Education Sciences
Joan Herman, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, University of California, Los Angeles (committee chair)
Ricardo Hernandez, U.S. Department of Education
Jeffrey Heyck-Williams, Two Rivers Public Charter School
Rick Hoyle, Duke University
Tom Keller, National Research Council
Bill Kelly, American Society for Engineering Education
Dana Kelly, National Center for Education Statistics
Arthur Kendall, Social Research Consultants
Jonathan King, National Institute on Aging
Deidre Knapp, HumRRO (committee member)
Ken Krehbiel, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Pat Kyllonen, Educational Testing Service (committee member)
Emily Lai, Pearson Foundation
Natalie Nielsen, National Research Council
Cornelia Orr, National Assessment Governing Board
Stephen Provasnik, National Center for Education Statistics
Taslima Rahman, U.S. Department of Education
Laura Rasmussen, MPR Associates, Inc.
Patrick Rooney, U.S. Department of Education
Gerhard Salinger, National Science Foundation
Gretchen Schultz, CTB/McGraw-Hill
Elena Silva, Education Sector
Candace Simon, Council of Great City Schools
Grace Solares, U.S. Department of Education
Gerald Sroufe, American Education Research Association
Barbara Stein, National Education Association
James Stone, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
Peter Swerdzewski, Regents Research Fund
Marjorie Wine, General Educational Development Testing Service
Steven Wise, Northwest Evaluation Association (committee member)
