It is time to rethink the relationship between teaching and learning and assess the crucial skills students need to succeed in the 21st century. The authors assert that educators must focus assessment on mindfulness and feedback for improvement, framing assessment around six fluencies students need to cultivate. The book provides scenarios, lessons, activities, and assessment rubrics.

Introduction : Lessons from the dojo --Approaches to assessment -- Structure of the fluencies assessment framework -- Solution fluency -- Information fluency -- Creativity fluency -- Media fluency -- Collaboration fluency -- Global digital citizenship -- Epilogue : Where will you go from here?