Rather than assuming students will naturally develop the necessary skills to attain these standards for college and career readiness, explicit instruction is instrumental in guiding students to learn to become critical thinkers and problem solvers, to communicate and work productively with others, and to know when,
why, and how to wield metacognitive and
cognitive strategies to enhance learning.
That's
why next generation learning — which values a broader, richer set of
cognitive, social, and emotional skills and dispositions — requires new
strategies for measurement.