The Verified Resume

The Verified Resume is a skills-based credential created by Dr. Arnold Packer, former Executive Director of the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). This tool is an authentic assessment document demonstrating, through third party verification, that an individual has mastered certain essential critical skills. Assessment of the so-called “soft skills” and Critical Skills do […]

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Managing Work-Based Learning Programs to teach “Critical Skills”

During the “School-to-Work” days, a program called Coop2000 was used by many school systems to manage their work-based learning programs. Coop2000   Just click on “Powerpoint Presentation” to view slideshow. The system enabled schools to: “Connect” work-based activities to the SCANS Foundation Skills and Competencies (Teaching the SCANS Competencies), Create work-based learning agreements, Create authentic assessment […]

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Excellent post and a good blog to visit if you are concerned about quality education in this country.

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