21st Century Learning

Envision Schools of the 21st Century Skills Performance Assessments

 The skill performance assessments that Polaris Expeditionary Learning School will be grading their students on is on an Emerging, Developing, Proficient, and Advanced. The scoring dimension for the 21 Century Skill Performance Assessment that will be shown will be on a proficient bases.

Thinking Critically

  • Reasoning is adequately developed through an accurate interpretation/ calculation of available information.
  • Analyzes information and ideas from varied perspectives
  • Deconstructs and draws connections across varied concepts, texts and arguments
  • Conclusions  and perspective are adequately supported with relevant evidence
  • Synthesize information into a new way of understanding the topic

Expressing Creativity

  •  Develops and expresses a point of view, concept or idea in varied ways
  •  Applies an artistic process and the skills to communicate his or her message
  •  Communicates  their ideas and concepts with varied forms of media appropriate  for the class or targeted audience

 Managing Projects Effectively

  •  Demonstrates an adequate understanding of and applies standard  project-planning skill
  • Establishes goals and the strategies to meet those goals in a timely manner
  • Uses information and resources
  • Adequately

Solving Problems Resourcefully

  • Is flexible and willing to take some risk in approaching problems
  •  Recognizes problems in situations also identifies the relationships between problems
  • Purposes and evaluates the varied and reasonable solutions to address a dilemma

Communicates Effectively and Persuasively

    •  Conveys a well-developed idea to a target audience effectively
    •  Work is accurate and adequately
    •  Communication is well organized  with few errors, did not interfere with understanding
    • Listens for understanding usually request clarification before or making further contribution  to discourse or continuing the task

 

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Page Last Updated: September 25, 2009

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