This project, Support for States Employability Standards in CTE and Adult Education, is an initiative of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to consolidate and disseminate information on employability skills to form a centralized clearinghouse that helps inform the instruction and assessment of these skills. Information on this site, compiled from a variety of sources, represents a common understanding of employability skills supported throughout the U.S. government.
For this project, employability skills are defined as general skills required for success in the labor market at all employment levels and for all sectors. These skills, which can be taught through the education and workforce development systems, are represented in the Employability Skills Framework.
To support the instruction and assessment of employability skills, this website includes:
- An interactive framework that organizes employability skills;
- An online tool to inform the selection of an employability skills assessment;
- Profiles of state, local, and employer-led employability skills initiatives; and
- Links to related initiatives.
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This website was produced under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. EDVAE10O0102, Task Order 4, with MPR Associates, Inc. Nancy Brooks served as the contracting officer's representative. This site contains links to resources created and maintained by outside organizations that may be useful to the reader. The Department is not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein. Inclusion of this information does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any products or services offered or views expressed.
