FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Preliminary Classification of Skills and Abilities -- 3 Importance of Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills -- 4 Perspectives on Deeper Learning -- 5 Deeper Learning of English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science -- 6 Teaching and Assessing for Transfer -- 7 Systems to Support Deeper Learning -- References -- Appendix A: 21st Century Skills and Competencies Included in the OECD Survey -- Appendix B: Reports on 21st Century Skills Used in Aligning and Clustering Competencies -- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Index.