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The AASL Learning Standards Indicators and Assessment Task Force invites you
to review and critique the first draft of Standards for the 21st Century
Learner in Action at
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/standardsinaction/standardsinaction.cfm

After releasing Standards for the 21st Century Learner in October 2007, AASL
charged the task force "to develop a document to expand and support the new
learning standards" with "indicators, benchmarks, model examples, and
assessments." Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action provides
support for school library media specialists and other educators in teaching
the essential learning skills defined in Standards for the 21st Century
Learner. It presents Action Examples for putting Standard 1: Inquire, think
critically, and gain knowledge, into practice in Benchmark Grades 2, 5, 8,
10 and 12+.

This is the first draft of Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action.
It will be revised based on input from AASL members.  A second draft,
expected to be posted for comment in September 2008, will include Benchmarks
and Action Examples for Standards 2, 3 and 4. You are encouraged to
thoroughly examine and critique the contents of this document. Please email
your comments to StandardsInAction@ala.org with "Comments" in the subject
line, before June 6, 2008.

If you are attending the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, plan to attend
the Open Forum on Saturday, June 28 at 9am to provide your input to the task
force members in person.

You are also invited to contribute to Standards for the 21st Century Learner
in Action by completing the blank template included in the draft with your
own sample tasks and assessments. Examples you provide will be considered
for inclusion in the final publication of Standards for the 21st Century
Learner in Action. Please email your completed template(s) to
StandardsInAction@ala.org, with "Sample Tasks" in the subject line.

We encourage you to forward this invitation to your school library
colleagues and to distribute it widely through your state and local school
library listservs and blogs.

We look forward to reading your comments!

AASL Learning Standards Indicators & Assessment Task Force:
Katherine Lowe, Chair, Massachusetts School Library Association
Cassandra G. Barnett, Fayetteville High School Library, AR
Melissa P. Johnston, Silver City Elementary, Cumming, GA
Barbara K. Stripling, New York City Department of Education
Dr. Violet H. Harada, University of Hawaii
Frances Glick, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD

-- 
Kathy Lowe, Executive Director
Massachusetts School Library Association
Chair, AASL Standards Indicators and Assessment Task Force
PO Box 658
Lunenburg, MA 01462
klowe@maschoolibraries.org
Phone/fax: 978-582-6967

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