Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 A Preliminary Classification of Skills and Abilities; 5 3 Importance of Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills; 6 4 Perspectives on Deeper Learning; 7 5 Deeper Learning of English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science; 8 6 Teaching and Assessing for Transfer; 9 7 Systems to Support Deeper Learning; 10 References; 11 Appendix A: 21st Century Skills and Competencies Included in the OECD Survey; 12 Appendix B: Reports on 21st Century Skills Used in Aligning and Clustering Competencies; 13 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 14 Index