21st Century Skills

Odyssey helps develop students’ 21st Century Skills.

21st Century Skills refer to critical-thinking, analysis, and technology skills that students will increasingly need in order to succeed in work — and in life — following their academic career.

They require students to go beyond understanding basic concepts, asking that they synthesize classroom content with:

  • 21st century interdisciplinary themes
  • Learning and innovation skills
  • Information, media, and technology skills
  • Life and career skills

CompassLearning Odyssey solutions ensure that students develop 21st Century Skills through engaging, relevant, challenging activities that align to critical skills and objectives. When students work in Odyssey, they follow a solid scope and sequence of skills while simultaneously developing higher-order critical-thinking abilities.

Odyssey solutions include:

  • Instructional activities that are aligned with current and confirmed research on Response to Intervention
  • Personalized learning paths that address each student’s needs and progress monitoring that keeps students, educators, and parents up to date
  • Scaffolded support that provides additional tools to help teach, guide, and clarify concepts for those who need it
  • More than two dozen reports that provide instructional transparency and focus attention on critical skills and concepts

Find out how CompassLearning Odyssey aligns with 21st Century Skills.

Framework for 21st Century Learning