Valutare le competenza nei contesti real life. Lesson learned da un percorso formativo

Skills assessment, in particular transversal ones, is still a relevant challenge for schools. The not only terminological ambiguities emerge exponentially when it is necessary to assess the mastery of student’s skills. The Work Based Learning activity is, at least at the level of principle, a privileged context for their promotion because students are placed in real life contexts; Work Based Learning is therefore a space to see them in action and appreciate their development. This task asks teachers to consider data from different point of view, including the one of actors directly involved in the activities: first and foremost the students and tutors. Nevertheless, it remains responsibility of teachers to bring back and harmonize these assessments within the school evaluation. These challenges have inspired an accompanying path aimed at supporting schools in assessing these activities by guiding them to reflect critically about the experience and even orienting them methodologically towards the construction of devices and instruments.