Assessing Future-Ready Skills

Thoughtfully designed assessment systems are the crucial bridge between a Portrait of a Graduate vision and practice. Education leaders need practical, field-informed guidance on designing systems that measure complex, future-ready skills.

Responding to this need, Digital Promise and Pearson have partnered to learn how districts are approaching future-ready skills assessment.

Student-Centered Assessment Resources

Our new report, “Portraits in Progress: Emerging Future-Ready Skills Assessment Strategies,” synthesizes our findings and shares lessons learned. The report emphasizes the importance of growth-oriented, student-centered practices that serve as catalysts for deeper learning and the realization of PoG visions.

Our recent webinar shared high-level findings featuring two Portrait of a Graduate assessment strategies: performance tasks and defenses of learning. District leaders from Shelby County Public Schools (KY) and Howard-Suamico School District (WI) described how these assessment strategies have been effective for assessing future-ready skills in their Portraits of a Graduate.