Literacy Is Still Not Enough: Modern Fluencies for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Modern fluencies provide a platform for authentic teaching, learning, and assessment

While reading, writing, and arithmetic remain important, they are no longer enough. Learners must move beyond traditional literacies to modern fluencies–the unconscious mental processes that are learned, adapted, and applied in real-world problems and challenges. The authors unpack six core fluencies to better reflect social, cultural, and economic shifts of modern times. Practical resources are presented alongside

• Fluency Unit Plan Exemplars - Assessment rubric examples - Discussion questions