<Ul> <Li> Digital - Age Literacy </Li> <Li> Inventive Thinking </Li> <Li> Effective Communication </Li> <Li> High Productivity </Li> </Ul> <Li> Digital - Age Literacy </Li> <P> In 1997, member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development launched the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to monitor "the extent to which students near the end of compulsory schooling have acquired the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society". In 2005 they identified three "Competency Categories:" </P> <Ul> <Li> Using Tools Interactively </Li> <Li> Interacting in Heterogeneous Groups </Li> <Li> Acting Autonomously </Li> </Ul>

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