21st century learning, or the "21st Century Skills" movement as it is commonly known1, refers to a growing global movement to redefine the goals of education, to transform how learning is practiced each day, and to expand the range of measures in student achievement, all in order to meet the new demands of the 21st Century.
The three tools in this section vertical progression, concept connections anddiscipline concept maps will help districts redesign existing curriculum or design new curriculum aligned to the new standards. They help organize the content, concepts, and skills represented in the new standards. These at-a-glance documents show what students should know from preschool through high school in each content area.