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Wisconsin Durable Skills & Career Readiness Alignment

Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that measures and develops the seven durable skills Wisconsin’s career readiness framework wants every graduate to master — critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. These are the durable skills behind Wisconsin’s Portrait of a Graduate (the in-development statewide vision launching October 2026), the Department of Public Instruction’s Every Child a Graduate framework, Wis. Stat. 118.33 graduation requirements (15.5 credits + civics exam + Personal Financial Literacy), Academic and Career Planning for grades 6–12 (Wis. Stat. 115.28(59)), Education for Employment, the Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model, the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards, the 16 National Career Clusters in State-Endorsed Career Pathways, the six recognized Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations, and Youth Apprenticeship Levels 1 and 2.

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7 Durable Skills
Critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, self-direction
4 Assessments
Profiler, Cebeci Test of Creativity, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment
40,000+
Curated, standards-aligned enrichment activities
K-12
Single platform from elementary through senior year
Why durable skills

The Seven Durable Skills at the Center of Wisconsin’s Career Readiness Framework

Wisconsin’s career readiness framework names the durable skills it wants every graduate to master — critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. These are the same skills the workforce, the military, postsecondary educators, and Wisconsin’s technical college system describe as the strongest predictors of long-term success. They are easy to name across Wisconsin’s graduation, Academic and Career Planning, Career Pathway, and Youth Apprenticeship requirements — but harder to measure and develop systematically across grades 6–12.

Renzulli Learning is the only K-12 platform that does both. The Cebeci Test of Creativity measures creativity (US Patent 12,087,176) — the durable skill behind innovation across all 16 Career Clusters. The Executive Function Assessment measures planning, working memory, and self-regulation — the durable skills behind 15.5-credit completion, civics exam preparation, and Personal Financial Literacy persistence. The Leadership Assessment measures leadership, collaboration, communication, and work ethic — the durable skills behind the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards, Youth Apprenticeship Skill Standards Checklists, and Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organization participation. The Profiler captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles in 20+ languages — complementing Xello’s career-exploration tools with deeper student-strength data.

Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that both measures and develops the seven durable skills behind every Wisconsin career readiness requirement. Project-Based Learning produces capstone artifacts complementing Career Pathway and Youth Apprenticeship expectations. The Personal Success Plan generates exportable summaries documenting durable-skills progression year-by-year across grades 6–12. The Enrichment Database — 40,000+ curated, standards-aligned activities — develops every durable skill across every required content area. The result: Wisconsin districts get measurable durable-skills evidence — turning Wisconsin’s career readiness framework into year-round documented practice.
The seven durable skills Renzulli develops

Durable Skills, Defined: What Renzulli Learning Measures and Develops

Each durable skill has a specific Renzulli instrument that measures it and a specific platform feature that develops it. These are the same skills behind every Wisconsin requirement — and the same skills the Cebeci Test of Creativity, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment, Profiler, Personal Success Plan, Project-Based Learning tools, and Enrichment Database produce evidence for:

Critical Thinking

Measure: Cebeci Test of Creativity
Develop: Project-Based Learning

Creativity

Measure: Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176)
Develop: Enrichment Database + Project-Based Learning

Executive Function

Measure: Executive Function Assessment
Develop: Personal Success Plan cycles + project planning

Leadership

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Career and Technical Student Organization-aligned projects

Collaboration

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Group Project-Based Learning + peer feedback

Communication

Measure: 21st-century skills rubrics
Develop: Project presentations & portfolios

Self-Direction

Measure: Profiler + Executive Function Assessment
Develop: Personal Success Plan year-round goal cycles

Wisconsin’s Portrait of a Graduate

Wisconsin’s Portrait of a Graduate — the State’s Durable-Skills Vision Taking Shape in 2026

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Portrait of a Graduate is a statewide effort to define the knowledge, skills, and mindsets every Wisconsin student needs to succeed after high school. Aligned with DPI’s Strategic Plan Initiative 1: Modernizing Learning Environments, the Portrait is being developed through a 5-phase, yearlong process running October 2025 through October 2026, in partnership with The School Superintendents Association (AASA). Listening sessions are being held across all 12 Wisconsin CESA districts in early 2026 to gather input from students, families, educators, employers, and community members.

The Portrait of a Graduate emphasizes essential skills including critical thinking, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and lifelong learning. The DPI’s existing Every Child a Graduate vision additionally names creativity, perseverance, responsibility, and leadership. Together, these are the durable skills Wisconsin districts are already working to measure and develop — and Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that does both. As districts contribute to the statewide Portrait through CESA listening sessions and prepare for the framework’s October 2026 launch, Renzulli’s assessments and tools provide measurable durable-skills evidence from day one:

PoG Skill 1
Critical Thinking
Renzulli durable skill: Critical thinking
Measure: Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176)
Develop: Project-Based Learning + 40,000+ Enrichment Database
Universal common thread across statewide and local Portraits
PoG Skill 2
Communication
Renzulli durable skill: Communication
Measure: Leadership Assessment + 21st-century skills rubrics
Develop: Project-Based Learning presentations & portfolios
Develops audience-aware communication across grade-level work
PoG Skill 3
Collaboration
Renzulli durable skill: Collaboration
Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Group Project-Based Learning + peer review
Develops the collaboration behind every Career and Technical Student Organization
PoG Skill 4
Adaptability
Renzulli durable skills: Adaptability + executive function
Measure: Executive Function Assessment + Profiler
Develop: Personal Success Plan year-round goal cycles
Develops adaptability through real-world investigations and reflection
PoG Skill 5
Lifelong Learning
Renzulli durable skill: Self-direction
Measure: Profiler + Executive Function Assessment
Develop: Personal Success Plan + Schoolwide Enrichment Model investigations
Develops the self-directed habits that sustain learning beyond graduation
+ Every Child a Graduate
Creativity, Perseverance, Responsibility, Leadership
Renzulli durable skills: Creativity, executive function, self-direction, leadership
Measure: Cebeci Test of Creativity + Executive Function Assessment + Leadership Assessment
Develop: All four Renzulli development tools
DPI’s existing vision skills also map directly to Renzulli instruments
The skills Wisconsin’s in-development Portrait of a Graduate names — critical thinking, communication, collaboration, adaptability, lifelong learning — are exactly the durable skills Renzulli Learning measures and develops. Districts engaging with CESA listening sessions can use Renzulli’s Cebeci Test of Creativity, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment, Profiler, Project-Based Learning, Personal Success Plan, and 40,000+ Enrichment Database to make Portrait of a Graduate work measurable and evidence-based from day one. When Wisconsin’s statewide Portrait of a Graduate launches in October 2026, Renzulli districts will already have the durable-skills evidence layer in place.
Wisconsin’s framework

How the Seven Durable Skills Map to Wisconsin’s Career Readiness Framework

Wisconsin’s career readiness framework is led by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Workforce Development, and the Wisconsin Technical College System. Under Wis. Stat. 115.28(59)(b), every Wisconsin school district has provided Academic and Career Planning services to all students in grades 6–12 since fall 2017 — an unusually long compliance history. Academic and Career Planning must include self-exploration, career exploration, and career planning & management, and aligns with Education for Employment, the Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model, and the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards. Xello is the state-procured Academic and Career Planning software platform.

Wis. Stat. 118.33 sets minimum graduation requirements at 15.5 credits plus a civics exam: 4 English/Language Arts, 3 Math, 3 Science, 3 Social Studies, 1.5 Physical Education, 0.5 Health (grades 7–12), and 0.5 Personal Financial Literacy. The Department of Public Instruction recommends 23.5 total credits. State-Endorsed Career Pathways use the 16 National Career Clusters with industry credentials, dual college credit (the Early College Credit Program with the University of Wisconsin System / private colleges or Start College Now with the Wisconsin Technical College System), work-based learning, and connections to one of the six recognized Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations. Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship is a Department of Workforce Development earn-while-you-learn program (since 1991): Level 1 requires 450+ work hours plus 2 semesters of related instruction; Level 2 requires 900+ work hours plus 4 semesters.

Each component pairs with the Renzulli instruments and content that measure and develop the durable skills behind it:

Diploma
Wis. Stat. 118.33 Graduation Requirements
Durable skills: Executive function + self-direction
Measure: Executive Function Assessment
Develop: Project-Based Learning + Enrichment Database
15.5 minimum credits + civics exam + 0.5 Personal Financial Literacy
ACP
Academic & Career Planning Grades 6–12
Durable skills: Self-direction + creativity
Measure: Profiler + Executive Function Assessment
Develop: Project-Based Learning + Personal Success Plan
Wis. Stat. 115.28(59), required since fall 2017 — works alongside Xello
CTE
State-Endorsed Career Pathways
Durable skills: Critical thinking + creativity
Measure: Profiler + Leadership Assessment
Develop: Pathway-aligned projects + capstones
16 Career Clusters + dual credit + work-based learning + Career and Technical Student Organization
CTSOs
6 Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations
Durable skills: Leadership + collaboration + communication
Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Group projects + competition-aligned work
DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA, SkillsUSA
YA
Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship
Durable skills: Executive function + work ethic + persistence
Measure: Leadership Assessment + Executive Function Assessment
Develop: Project-Based Learning + Personal Success Plan
Level 1 (450 hrs + 2 sem) → Level 2 (900 hrs + 4 sem)
Standards
Education for Employment + School Counseling Model + Career Technical Standards
Durable skills: All seven
Measure: All four Renzulli assessments
Develop: Project-Based Learning + Personal Success Plan
Career, counseling, and technical standards under the Department of Public Instruction
Portrait of a Graduate
Wisconsin’s Portrait of a Graduate (in development, October 2026 launch)
Named PoG skills: Critical thinking, communication, collaboration, adaptability, lifelong learning
Measure: All four Renzulli assessments
Develop: Project-Based Learning + Personal Success Plan + Enrichment Database
Statewide DPI vision via 5-phase AASA-facilitated process
Real challenges

What Wisconsin Counselors & Career Readiness Coordinators Struggle With

These are the durable-skills-and-career-readiness challenges we consistently hear from Wisconsin educators implementing Academic and Career Planning, Wis. Stat. 118.33, State-Endorsed Career Pathways, and Youth Apprenticeship:

Sustaining a coherent durable-skills story across all of grades 6–12

Wisconsin districts have run Academic and Career Planning for grades 6–12 since 2017 — an unusually long compliance history. Counselors need durable-skills measurement and development tools that produce evidence usable across seven full grade levels alongside Xello’s career-exploration data.

Operationalizing Personal Financial Literacy and the civics exam

Wisconsin requires 0.5 credit of Personal Financial Literacy covering financial mindset, education and employment, money management, saving and investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance, plus a civics exam for every graduate. Districts need year-round data on student persistence and executive function to support these distinct requirements.

Building pipelines into Youth Apprenticeship Levels 1 and 2

Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship’s 450-hour Level 1 and 900-hour Level 2 work-hour minimums plus 2 / 4 semesters of related instruction demand sustained student commitment. Districts need year-round data on persistence, executive function, and leadership to identify students ready for Youth Apprenticeship placements and to support them through Certificate of Occupational Proficiency completion.

Connecting students to the 16 Career Clusters and 6 Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations

State-Endorsed Career Pathways span the 16 National Career Clusters and require connections to a Career and Technical Student Organization. Counselors need year-round interest, learning-style, and strength data to guide informed Cluster selection and Career and Technical Student Organization participation across DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA, and SkillsUSA.

Aligning durable-skills evidence to multiple state frameworks

Wisconsin’s Education for Employment, Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model, and Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards each call for durable-skills evidence. Districts need tools that produce evidence usable across all three frameworks plus the state Employability Skills Certificate criteria — without duplicating effort.

Platform tools

Renzulli Learning Tools That Measure and Develop Each Durable Skill

Each Renzulli tool maps to specific durable skills and to specific Wisconsin requirements — producing concrete, exportable evidence of growth:

Renzulli Profiler: A 20-30 minute student self-assessment for grades Pre-K through 12. Captures each student’s interests, learning styles, and expression styles — the strength-based foundation behind self-direction. Powers the self-exploration component of Wisconsin’s Academic and Career Planning mandate. Surfaces interests across all 16 National Career Clusters. Available in 20+ languages. Complements Xello, the state Academic and Career Planning software, with deeper student-strength data.
Cebeci Test of Creativity: A validated, standardized creativity assessment (US Patent 12,087,176) measuring fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Culture-independent design supports more equitable durable-skills identification across linguistic backgrounds.
Executive Function Assessment: Measures executive function — planning, working memory, self-regulation, and metacognition. The Executive Function Assessment shows where students need scaffolding to complete the Wis. Stat. 118.33 credit minimum, pass the civics exam, succeed in dual credit through the Early College Credit Program and Start College Now, and finish Youth Apprenticeship.
Leadership Assessment: Measures the durable skills of leadership, collaboration, communication, and work ethic — the same skills behind the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards, Youth Apprenticeship Skill Standards Checklists, the state Employability Skills Certificate, and Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organization participation across all six recognized organizations: DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA, and SkillsUSA.
Personal Success Plan: A student-driven goal, project, and reflection tracker that builds a portable durable-skills portfolio. Develops self-direction, executive function, and communication. Generates exportable summaries used across Academic and Career Planning grades 6–12, State-Endorsed Career Pathway tracking, Youth Apprenticeship hour accumulation (the 450-hour Level 1 and 900-hour Level 2 milestones), and state Employability Skills Certificate documentation.
Project-Based Learning Tools: Schoolwide Enrichment Model investigations produce authentic projects, presentations, portfolios, and reflections that develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and leadership simultaneously — exactly the artifacts Wisconsin’s State-Endorsed Career Pathways, Youth Apprenticeship Skill Standards Checklists, and state Employability Skills Certificate expect.
Renzulli Enrichment Database: Over 40,000 curated, standards-aligned activities matched to each student’s Profiler results. Develops every durable skill across every required content area — including the seven content areas of Wis. Stat. 118.33 (English/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Health, Personal Financial Literacy) and career-exploration activities for all 16 National Career Clusters.
21st-Century & Durable Skills Framework: Structured activities and rubrics build all seven durable skills — producing growth evidence districts can use for Academic and Career Planning grades 6–12 documentation, Career Pathway implementation, Youth Apprenticeship Skill Standards Checklist completion, state Employability Skills Certificate evidence, and Perkins V Career and Technical Education accountability.
Requirement-by-requirement

Durable Skills Alignment to Wisconsin’s Career Readiness Requirements

Wis. Stat. 118.33 Portrait of a Graduate Academic and Career Planning Civics Exam Personal Financial Literacy State-Endorsed Pathways Youth Apprenticeship Levels 1 & 2 6 Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations

How the seven durable skills map to each core Wisconsin requirement — with the Renzulli instruments that measure and develop them:

Wisconsin RequirementDurable Skills + Renzulli Tools
Diploma
Wis. Stat. 118.33 Graduation Requirements
15.5 minimum credits + civics exam: 4 English/Language Arts, 3 Math, 3 Science, 3 Social Studies, 1.5 Physical Education, 0.5 Health (grades 7–12), and 0.5 Personal Financial Literacy. The Department of Public Instruction recommends 23.5 total credits.		Durable skills: executive function and self-direction. The Executive Function Assessment shows where students need scaffolding to complete the credit minimum and prepare for the civics exam. The Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests informing the 8.5 encouraged additional credits. Project-Based Learning produces portfolio artifacts evidencing Personal Financial Literacy and civics learning. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database supplies standards-aligned resources across all required content areas.
ACP
Academic and Career Planning (Grades 6–12)
Wis. Stat. 115.28(59)(b): every Wisconsin school district has provided Academic and Career Planning services to all students in grades 6–12 since fall 2017. Academic and Career Planning must include self-exploration, career exploration, and career planning & management. Xello is the state-procured Academic and Career Planning software platform.		Durable skills: self-direction, self-awareness, and creativity. The Profiler in 20+ languages provides the strength-based foundation that powers Academic and Career Planning self-exploration grades 6–12, complementing Xello’s career-exploration tools with deeper interest, learning style, and expression style data. The Personal Success Plan produces exportable goal, project, and reflection summaries that document Academic and Career Planning progression year by year. Project-Based Learning generates authentic career-exploration artifacts.
Pathways
State-Endorsed Career Pathways
The Department of Public Instruction administers State-Endorsed Career Pathways using the 16 National Career Clusters. Each pathway includes a sequence of aligned courses, an industry-recognized credential, dual college credit (the Early College Credit Program with the University of Wisconsin System / private colleges or Start College Now with the Wisconsin Technical College System), work-based learning, and a connection to a Career and Technical Student Organization.		Durable skills: critical thinking, creativity, and self-direction. The Profiler surfaces interests across all 16 Career Clusters and guides State-Endorsed Pathway selection. The Personal Success Plan documents pathway progression and produces exportable Cluster-aligned portfolios attachable to Perkins V Career and Technical Education concentrator reporting. Project-Based Learning generates capstone artifacts. The Executive Function Assessment develops the persistence behind dual-credit success.
CTSOs
6 Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations & the State Employability Skills Certificate
Wisconsin recognizes six Career and Technical Student Organizations through the Department of Public Instruction: DECA; Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA); Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA); the National FFA Organization (FFA); HOSA-Future Health Professionals; and SkillsUSA. The state Employability Skills Certificate is a credential of student mastery available to students 14 and older.		Durable skills: leadership, collaboration, and communication. The Leadership Assessment measures these skills directly. Project-Based Learning produces competition-aligned artifacts. The Executive Function Assessment develops the persistence behind sustained leadership and competition success. The Personal Success Plan documents Employability Skills Certificate progress year by year — evidence districts can attach to Perkins V Career and Technical Education concentrator reporting.
YA
Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship Levels 1 & 2
Operated by the Department of Workforce Development since 1991. Level 1 (1-year): minimum 450 work hours + 2 semesters (180 hours) of related technical instruction. Level 2 (2-year): minimum 900 work hours + 4 semesters (360 hours) of related instruction. Students earn high school credit and a state Certificate of Occupational Proficiency on completion. Eleven program areas are available statewide. The Wisconsin Youth-to-Registered Apprenticeship Bridge connects to federal Registered Apprenticeship.		Durable skills: executive function, work ethic, and persistence. The Executive Function Assessment develops the persistence behind 450- and 900-hour completion. The Leadership Assessment measures the communication, collaboration, and work ethic competencies on the state Skill Standards Checklists. Project-Based Learning produces documented work-based learning artifacts. The Personal Success Plan documents Youth Apprenticeship progression hour-by-hour.
Portrait
Wisconsin’s Portrait of a Graduate
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Portrait of a Graduate is a statewide effort to define the knowledge, skills, and mindsets every Wisconsin student needs for success after high school. Developed October 2025 through October 2026 in partnership with The School Superintendents Association (AASA), the Portrait emphasizes critical thinking, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and lifelong learning. The Department of Public Instruction’s existing Every Child a Graduate vision additionally names creativity, perseverance, responsibility, and leadership. Listening sessions are being held across all 12 Wisconsin CESA districts in early 2026.		Each named Portrait of a Graduate skill is a durable skill Renzulli measures and develops. Critical thinking → Cebeci Test of Creativity + Project-Based Learning + Enrichment Database. Communication → Leadership Assessment + Project-Based Learning presentations. Collaboration → Leadership Assessment + group Project-Based Learning. Adaptability → Executive Function Assessment + Profiler + Personal Success Plan. Lifelong learning → Profiler + Schoolwide Enrichment Model investigations. As districts contribute to the statewide Portrait through CESA listening sessions, Renzulli provides the durable-skills evidence layer ready for the October 2026 Portrait launch.
From Wisconsin educators

What Implementation Looks Like in Wisconsin Districts

“We’ve been running Academic and Career Planning for grades 6–12 since the 2017 mandate, so we’ve had a long time to identify what’s actually working. With Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages giving us strength-based interest, learning-style, and expression-style data that complements Xello, the Executive Function Assessment showing us which students need scaffolding for the 15.5-credit minimum and the civics exam, the Leadership Assessment measuring the durable skills behind the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards and Youth Apprenticeship Skill Standards Checklists, and Project-Based Learning producing the validated portfolio artifacts our State-Endorsed Career Pathway and state Employability Skills Certificate work expects, our durable-skills story has finally become evidence-driven across all seven grade levels of Academic and Career Planning and into Youth Apprenticeship.”
Counseling and Career Readiness Coordinator · Wisconsin school district
Frequently asked questions

Wisconsin Durable Skills & Career Readiness: Common Questions

Questions Wisconsin counselors and career readiness coordinators ask most often:

How does Renzulli Learning develop the durable skills Wisconsin’s career readiness framework demands?
Renzulli Learning develops seven canonical durable skills: critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. These map directly to Wisconsin’s Academic and Career Planning mandate for grades 6–12 (Wis. Stat. 115.28(59)), Wis. Stat. 118.33 graduation requirements with civics exam and Personal Financial Literacy, Education for Employment, the Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model, the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards, the 16 National Career Clusters in State-Endorsed Career Pathways, the six recognized Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organizations (DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA, SkillsUSA), and Youth Apprenticeship Levels 1 and 2. Renzulli is uniquely positioned because it both measures these durable skills (Cebeci Test of Creativity, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment, Profiler) and develops them (Project-Based Learning, Personal Success Plan, the 40,000+ Enrichment Database, 21st-century skills activities) within a single integrated platform.
How does Renzulli Learning align with Wisconsin’s Academic and Career Planning mandate for grades 6–12?
Under Wis. Stat. 115.28(59)(b), every Wisconsin school district has provided Academic and Career Planning services to all students in grades 6–12 since fall 2017. Academic and Career Planning must include self-exploration, career exploration, and career planning & management, and aligns with Education for Employment, the Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model, and the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards. Xello is the state-procured Academic and Career Planning software platform. Self-direction, self-awareness, and creativity are the durable skills at the center of self-exploration and career exploration. Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages provides the strength-based foundation that powers Academic and Career Planning self-exploration, complementing Xello’s career-exploration tools with deeper interest, learning style, and expression style data. The Personal Success Plan produces exportable goal, project, and reflection summaries that document Academic and Career Planning progression year by year. Project-Based Learning generates authentic career-exploration artifacts. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database supplies curated activities across all 16 Career Clusters.
How does Renzulli Learning align with Wisconsin’s Wis. Stat. 118.33 graduation requirements?
Wis. Stat. 118.33 requires a minimum of 15.5 credits plus successful passing of a civics exam: 4 English/Language Arts, 3 Math, 3 Science, 3 Social Studies, 1.5 Physical Education, 0.5 Health (grades 7–12), and 0.5 Personal Financial Literacy. The Department of Public Instruction recommends 23.5 total credits and encourages an additional 8.5 credits in vocational education, foreign languages, fine arts, and other courses. Executive function and self-direction are the durable skills behind completing the credit minimum and civics exam preparation. Renzulli’s Executive Function Assessment shows where students need scaffolding. The Profiler surfaces interests informing the 8.5 encouraged additional credits. Project-Based Learning produces portfolio artifacts evidencing Personal Financial Literacy and civics learning. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database includes standards-aligned resources across all required content areas.
How does Renzulli Learning support Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship Levels 1 and 2?
Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship is a Department of Workforce Development earn-while-you-learn program for high school juniors and seniors, operating since 1991. Level 1 (1-year programs) requires a minimum of 450 work hours plus 2 semesters (180 hours) of related technical instruction. Level 2 (2-year programs) requires a minimum of 900 work hours plus 4 semesters (360 hours) of related instruction. Students receive high school credit toward graduation for the related instruction and earn a state Certificate of Occupational Proficiency on completion. Eleven program areas are available statewide. The Wisconsin Youth-to-Registered Apprenticeship Bridge connects Youth Apprenticeship to federal Registered Apprenticeship. Executive function, work ethic, and persistence are the durable skills behind 450- and 900-hour completion. Renzulli’s Executive Function Assessment develops that persistence. The Leadership Assessment measures the communication, collaboration, and work ethic competencies on the state Skill Standards Checklists. Project-Based Learning produces documented work-based learning artifacts. The Personal Success Plan documents Youth Apprenticeship progression hour-by-hour from Level 1 entry through Level 2 completion.
How does Renzulli Learning support Wisconsin’s State-Endorsed Career Pathways and the 16 Career Clusters?
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction administers State-Endorsed Career Pathways using the 16 National Career Clusters. Each pathway includes a sequence of aligned courses, an industry-recognized credential, dual college credit (the Early College Credit Program with the University of Wisconsin System / private colleges or Start College Now with the Wisconsin Technical College System), work-based learning, and a connection to a Career and Technical Student Organization. Critical thinking, creativity, and self-direction are the durable skills that power successful pathway selection and persistence. Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests across all 16 Career Clusters and guides State-Endorsed Pathway selection. The Personal Success Plan documents pathway progression. Project-Based Learning produces capstone artifacts. The Executive Function Assessment develops the persistence behind dual-credit success. The Leadership Assessment measures durable skills aligned to the Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards.
Which Career and Technical Student Organizations does Wisconsin recognize, and how does Renzulli support them?
Wisconsin recognizes six Career and Technical Student Organizations through the Department of Public Instruction: DECA; Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA); Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA); the National FFA Organization (FFA); HOSA-Future Health Professionals; and SkillsUSA. The state Employability Skills Certificate is a credential of student mastery available to students 14 and older. Leadership, collaboration, and communication are the durable skills behind every Wisconsin Career and Technical Student Organization. Renzulli’s Leadership Assessment measures these skills directly. Project-Based Learning produces competition-aligned artifacts. The Executive Function Assessment develops sustained leadership and competition success.
How does Renzulli Learning support Wisconsin’s Personal Financial Literacy and civics graduation requirements?
Wisconsin requires 0.5 credit of Personal Financial Literacy covering financial mindset, education and employment, money management, saving and investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance. All Wisconsin students must also pass a civics exam to graduate. Self-direction and executive function are the durable skills behind sustained personal financial literacy and civic engagement. Renzulli’s 40,000+ Enrichment Database includes standards-aligned activities for all six Personal Financial Literacy strands. Project-Based Learning produces artifacts evidencing competency and civics understanding. The Executive Function Assessment develops the persistence and self-regulation that long-term financial literacy and civic engagement require. The Profiler surfaces interests connecting financial-literacy concepts to each student’s career exploration.
How much does Renzulli Learning cost for Wisconsin districts?
Renzulli Learning starts at $15 per student per year with full platform access — all four assessments (Profiler, Cebeci Test of Creativity, Executive Function Assessment, Leadership Assessment), 40,000+ enrichment activities, Project-Based Learning tools, Personal Success Plan, and ELLA included. Wisconsin districts can use Title I, II, III, IV, and Perkins V funds where allowable. Custom district alignments are available. Free 30-day trial with no credit card required. View pricing ›
How does Renzulli Learning align with Wisconsin’s Portrait of a Graduate?
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Portrait of a Graduate is a statewide effort to define the knowledge, skills, and mindsets every Wisconsin student needs to succeed after high school. Developed October 2025 through October 2026 through a 5-phase process facilitated by The School Superintendents Association (AASA), the Portrait emphasizes critical thinking, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and lifelong learning. Listening sessions are being held across all 12 Wisconsin CESA districts in early 2026. The DPI’s existing Every Child a Graduate vision additionally names creativity, perseverance, responsibility, and leadership. These are durable skills — and Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that both measures and develops them. Renzulli’s Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176) measures critical thinking and creativity. The Leadership Assessment measures communication, collaboration, and leadership. The Executive Function Assessment measures adaptability and perseverance. The Profiler in 20+ languages captures interests and learning styles supporting lifelong learning and self-direction. Project-Based Learning, the Personal Success Plan, and the 40,000+ Enrichment Database develop all named Portrait skills. As Wisconsin districts contribute to the statewide Portrait through CESA listening sessions, they can use Renzulli to make Portrait of a Graduate work measurable and evidence-based from day one — ready for the October 2026 Portrait launch.
Official sources

Wisconsin Durable Skills & Career Readiness Resources

All compliance decisions should reference these primary Wisconsin sources. Renzulli Learning complements — not replaces — Wisconsin’s graduation requirements, Academic and Career Planning, State-Endorsed Career Pathways, and Youth Apprenticeship.

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