Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Outcomes (A Research-Based Look at the Traits and Skills that Contribute to School and Life Successes)

Overemphasizing test scores as measures of achievement is potentially harmful to education. The contributors identify key traits such as mindset, motivation, social skills, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit that students, teachers, and schools need to acknowledge and cultivate. Educators are asked to shift the evaluation paradigm to focus on a multiplicity of skills necessary for success in the 21st century. The Danger of Misguiding Lessons From Easter Island Chapter 1: Numbers Can The Meaning and Limitations of Test Scores Chapter 2: Celebrity for The Rise of the Undervalued Chapter 3: Personal Personality Traits Chapter 4: Dreams and Motivational Factors Chapter 5: The Creativity and Entrepreneurial Spirit Chapter 6: Globally Global Competence Chapter 7: Friends and Social Network and Social Capital Chapter 8: Nature via Developing Nonacademic Skills Chapter 9: Shifting the Assessing What Matters Index This book identifies key traits such as mindset, motivation, social skills, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit that students, teachers, and schools need to acknowledge and cultivate. Educators are asked to shift the evaluation paradigm to focus on a multiplicity of skills necessary for success in the 21st century