Antwerp 21st Century Skills Assessment
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. My position is:
My position is:
Early learning/pre-school
Elementary K-3
Elementary 4-5
Middle School 6-8
High School 9-12
Curricular building level
Curricular district level
Adminstrator
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Other (please specify)
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. What subject areas do you teach most frequently (or will be teaching next year)?
What subject areas do you teach most frequently (or will be teaching next year)?
Reading
English/Language Arts
Science
Math
Social Studies
Art
Music
Computer/Technology
Special Needs
Other (please specify)
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. What building do you teach in (include all buildings if you teach in more than one)
What building do you teach in (include all buildings if you teach in more than one)
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. What district do you teach in?
What district do you teach in?
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. Thinking about your instruction AND the instruction of others, for each of the following questions please select the one response which BEST describes your teaching and learning?
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Only group average responses, and sub-group data which include 4 or more individuals will be available.
How would you describe your school/district's approach to student knowledge and skills?
Thinking about your instruction AND the instruction of others, for each of the following questions please select the one response which BEST describes your teaching and learning? Your individual answers will NEVER be shared Only group average responses, and sub-group data which include 4 or more individuals will be available. How would you describe your school/district's approach to student knowledge and skills?
Student work primarily demonstrates rote factual knowledge.
Most student work demonstrates mastery of core subjects, and some student work also demonstrates skills like critical thinking and problem solving.
All student work demonstrates core subject mastery along with skills like critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration.
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. Are the themes of financial literacy, health literacy, civic literacy, environmental literacy and global awareness taught in the context of core subjects?
Are the themes of financial literacy, health literacy, civic literacy, environmental literacy and global awareness taught in the context of core subjects?
These themes are sometimes present, such as special projects.
Between 25-75% of student work demonstrates understanding of at least one of these themes.
Over 75% of student work demonstrates mastery and understanding of each of these themes.
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. How would you describe the curricula in your district/school?
How would you describe the curricula in your district/school?
Up to 25% of curricula explicity integrate 21st century skills.
25-75% of curricula explicitly integrate 21st century skills along with global awareness and civic, financial, health & environmental literacy.
Over 75% of curricula explicitly integrate 21st century skills along with global awareness and civic, financial, health & environmental literacy.
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. How would you describe the most common instructional practices in your school/district?
How would you describe the most common instructional practices in your school/district?
most instructional strategies are teacher led and focus on presentation of facts.
Student-centered approaches to teaching and learning are used occasionally in advanced classes (e.g., differentiated, inquiry-based learning).
It is common for most educators to encourage student-led, inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on higher-order thinking skills.
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. What description best fits your school/district's approach to classroom-based assessment of 21st century skills?
What description best fits your school/district's approach to classroom-based assessment of 21st century skills?
Up to 25% of student work is assessed at the classroom level for skills like critical thinking and problem solving.
25-75% of student work is evaluated for mastery of selected 21st century skills (e.g., gifted classrooms may assess skills like critical thinking).
Over 75% of student work is evaluated for mastery of many 21st century skills (e.g., portfolios, performance-based, curriculum-embedded assessments.
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. Which of the following best describes the learning environment(s) of your district/school?
Which of the following best describes the learning environment(s) of your district/school?
Up to 25% of parents and students can access school records, assignments and performance information online.
Between 25-75% of parents and students can access online information about classes, student records and class performance.
Over 75% of learning environments have appropriate technology infrastructure and have online school records, assignments and student performance data.
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. How would you describe you school/district's approach to professional learning?
How would you describe you school/district's approach to professional learning?
Professional development focuses on the teaching of core subjects, especially fact mastery.
Between 25-75% of PD focuses on the teaching of core subjects along with skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration.
Over 75% of PD routinely emphasizes the use of professional learning communities and teaching core subjects along with higher order thinking skills.
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. How would you describe the availability of professional development in your school/district?
How would you describe the availability of professional development in your school/district?
Up to 25% of professional development opportunities are available regardless of time or place(e.g.m self-paced and online 24/7).
Between 25-75% of PD opportunities are available regardless of time or place (e.g., easy access to technology-enabled self-paced training).
Over 75% of PD is job-embedded, customized and supports collaboration among educators. Most educators use professional learning communities.
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. In your opinion, how active are administrators and teacher leaders around 21st century skills?
In your opinion, how active are administrators and teacher leaders around 21st century skills?
Education leaders promote core subect mastery as the primary vision fo student achievement.
Education leaders occasionally support small-scale pilot projects that focus on the development of skills like critical thinking and problem solving.
Leaders have developed consensus around, and are implementing, a vision that includes both core academic content mastery and 21st century skills.
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. How would you describe your district/school's approach to teacher leaders?
How would you describe your district/school's approach to teacher leaders?
Teacher leaders are present in a few pilot school sites.
Teacher leaders are present in many schools and tend to focus on site-specific needs (e.g., technology assistance).
Teacher leaders are widely deployed to support the teaching of 21st century skills like critical thinking in the context of core subjects.
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. What do you think best describes educators in your district/school?
What do you think best describes educators in your district/school?
Educators are providers of core academic subject content (e.g., teachers deliver facts to students).
Between 25-75% of educators use direct instruction, project-based learning and tech-enabled assignments to improve core subject mastery.
Over 75% of educators use direct instruction and project-based learning to purposefully develop mastery of core subjects and 21st century skills.
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. What is your understanding of the teacher licensing requirements in your state?
What is your understanding of the teacher licensing requirements in your state?
Teacher licensing criteria focus on the ability to teach core subjects.
Teacher licensing criteria focus on the ability to teach core subjects and a few 21st century skills, such as technology literacy.
Teacher licensing criteria focus on the ability to teach a wide range of 21st century skills in the context of core subjects.
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. How would you describe your district/school’s approach to partnerships?
How would you describe your district/school’s approach to partnerships?
K-12 leaders occasionally partner with leaders in community organizations, public agencies, libraries and museums to share resources and facilities.
K-12 and community leaders have built consensus around 21st century skills in education and some pilot projects are being implemented.
K-12, business and community leaders are working together to improve core subject mastery and higher order thinking skills among all students.
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. How would you describe your school/district’s approach to continuous improvement around 21st century skills?
How would you describe your school/district’s approach to continuous improvement around 21st century skills?
A few leading schools have developed a vision and goals for 21st century student knowledge and skills.
Student mastery of skills like critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration is being tracked across the district.
The district is monitoring and tracking most schools’ success over time at teaching core subjects and 21st century skills.
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