While we bring an increasing range of frameworks and technologies to measuring what people can do, we increasingly lose sight of the capabilities we are trying to grow in them, and our systems haven’t noticed. I have spent a large proportion of my working life developing measurement tools and evaluating reform initiatives in different aspects of the education system. The question I’m typically asked to assess is whether the project met its objectives – was there improvement i

The ILO's recent report on lifelong learning runs to 236 pages. It covers the evolution of the concept since the 1990s, the policy challenges governments face in building more flexible education systems, and the growing pressure on workers and employers alike to keep pace with an accelerating economy. It is a serious, thorough piece of work. Lifelong learning has a blind spot In those 236 pages, the phrase "Recognition of Prior Learning" appears nine times. That number reflec