NEW YORK, Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), the leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher-order skills and for subject area assessments, today announced it will hold an educational leader webinar titled “A Roadmap to Employability: Integrating Higher-Order Skills Into Curricula and Assessment.” The live webinar will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19, from 4-5 p.m. EDT.
Designed for K12 state, district and school leaders, the presentation and question-and-answer session will be moderated by Doug Mesecar, a partner with the Strategos Group and former deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Department of education. It will also feature CAE Chief Academic Officer Doris Zahner, Ph.D., and Johnny Key, the former secretary of education for the Arkansas Department of Education, who is also a current partner with the Strategos Group.
“To increase students’ employability after high school or post-secondary education, they must not only have deep content knowledge but also critical thinking, problem solving and written communication skills to apply that knowledge,” said Zahner, who oversees research and psychometrics for CAE’s performance-based assessments. “Doug Mesecar and Johnny Key have a wealth of experience in education and we look forward to their perspective on how to prepare students to be future-ready.”
The education experts will share:
- How state and federal funding and policy can support the integration of higher-order skills into instruction, curricula, and measurement
- Insights from the former secretary of education of Arkansas about how to design a K12 educational system that truly prepares students for employability
- How higher-order skills connect with and complement content knowledge
- Examples of innovative ways districts are teaching and measuring higher-order skills across curricula
To register for the free Sept. 19 edWebinar “A Roadmap to Employability: Integrating Higher-Order Skills Into Curricula and Assessment,” visit here.
Registrants will be given the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation.
About CAE
As a nonprofit whose mission is to help improve the academic and career outcomes of secondary and higher education students, CAE is the leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills and within subject areas.
Over the past 20 years, CAE has helped over 825,000 students globally understand and improve their proficiency in critical thinking, problem solving and effective written communication. Additionally, CAE’s subject area assessments have helped millions of K12 students across the US. Supported by best practices in assessment development, administration and psychometrics, CAE's performance-based assessments include the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA+) and College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA+). To learn more, please visit cae.org and connect with us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
