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Oregon Durable Skills & Career Readiness Alignment

Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills Oregon’s Education Plan and Profile (EPP), three Personalized Learning Requirements (EPP, CRLEs, Extended Application), the new Higher Education and Career Path Skills (HECPS) standards under SB 3, and CTE programs across the Six Career Areas demand — critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction.

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EPP 7–12
Education Plan and Profile required annually beginning no later than grade 7
3 PLRs
Personalized Learning Requirements: EPP, CRLEs, Extended Application
SB 3 (2027)
Adds 0.5 cr Personal Financial Education + 0.5 cr Higher Ed & Career Path Skills
6 Career Areas
Oregon CTE Programs of Study organized in Six Career Areas (not 16 clusters)
Oregon's vision for every graduate

Oregon’s EPP & Personalized Learning Requirements — and Why Durable Skills Are the Center of Career Readiness

Oregon’s career readiness framework is anchored by the Oregon Diploma’s three Personalized Learning Requirements (PLRs): the Education Plan and Profile (EPP), Career-Related Learning Experiences (CRLEs), and the Extended Application. The EPP — Oregon’s analog to a Profile of a Graduate — is a living portfolio documenting each learner’s academic and career goals, planning, achievements, interests, aptitudes, course-taking, work samples, certifications, awards, and personal reflections. It serves as a road map throughout middle and high school education and into life after high school, and must be reviewed and updated at least annually.

Beginning with the Class of 2027, Senate Bill 3 (2023) requires the Oregon Diploma to include 0.5 credit in Personal Financial Education (PFE) and 0.5 credit in Higher Education and Career Path Skills (HECPS). The 2024 HECPS Standards organize instruction across four domains: Seeking Assistance and Self-Advocacy, Career Exploration and Preparation, Postsecondary Readiness, and Workforce Readiness. Oregon CTE programs are organized within Six Career Areas distinctive to Oregon — not the 16 National Career Clusters used in many states — with industry-reviewed Skill Sets in each Area that inform Programs of Study. The challenge for Oregon districts is that durable skills are easy to name in the EPP but hard to measure and develop systematically.

Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills the EPP, HECPS standards, and CTE programs demand. The Cebeci Test of Creativity (CTC) measures creativity (US Patent 12,087,176). The Executive Function Assessment measures planning, organization, and self-regulation. The Leadership Assessment measures collaboration and self-representation. The Profiler captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles in 20+ languages. SEM Type III Project-Based Learning develops critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving through authentic, sustained work — producing the artifacts CRLEs and Extended Application require. The Personal Success Plan (PSP) functions as a year-round companion to the EPP. The result: Oregon districts get measurable durable-skills evidence for each PLR — turning the EPP into a documented practice, not a once-a-year form.
Education Plan and Profile — Oregon's living portfolio

Each EPP Component Mapped to a Renzulli Tool That Measures and Develops It

Oregon’s EPP is a living portfolio with six core elements. Each pairs with the Renzulli instruments and content that measure and develop the durable skills behind it:

EPP Element 1
Interests & Aptitudes
Measure: Renzulli Profiler in 20+ languages
Develop: Profiler-matched Enrichment Database (40,000+ activities)
Equitable EPP foundation for ELs
EPP Element 2
Educational & Career Goals
Measure: PSP Dream phase + reflection artifacts
Develop: Year-round PSP goal-setting cycles
Goals get revisited, not forgotten
EPP Element 3
Course-Taking Plan
Measure: Executive Function Assessment (planning & self-regulation)
Develop: EFA-targeted scaffolding for course persistence
EFA reveals support needs
EPP Element 4
Work Samples
Measure: 21st-century skills rubrics applied to PBL artifacts
Develop: SEM Type III PBL produces sustained work products
PBL = ready-made EPP artifacts
EPP Element 5
Achievements & Awards
Measure: Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176)
Develop: CTSO-aligned PBL + Leadership Assessment
Validated creativity recognition
EPP Element 6
Personal Reflections
Measure: Leadership Assessment (self-representation & perspective-taking)
Develop: Structured PSP reflection prompts + PBL reflections
Reflection becomes routine
The seven durable skills Renzulli develops

Durable Skills, Defined: What Renzulli Learning Assesses and Develops

Renzulli Learning is built around seven canonical durable skills — the same skills Oregon’s EPP, HECPS standards, CRLEs, Extended Application, and CTE programs demand. Each skill has a specific Renzulli instrument that measures it and a specific platform feature that develops it:

Critical Thinking

Measure: CTC
Develop: SEM Type III PBL

Creativity

Measure: CTC (US Patent 12,087,176)
Develop: Enrichment Database + PBL

Executive Function

Measure: EFA
Develop: PSP cycles + PBL planning

Leadership

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: CTSO-aligned PBL + group projects

Collaboration

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Group PBL + peer feedback

Communication

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

Self-Direction

Measure: Profiler + EFA
Develop: PSP year-round goal cycles

The 2024 HECPS standards

HECPS Four Domains: Seeking Assistance & Self-Advocacy, Career Exploration, Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness

Beginning with the Class of 2027, every Oregon student earns 0.5 credit in Higher Education and Career Path Skills (HECPS). The 2024 HECPS Standards organize instruction across four domains. Renzulli Learning develops the durable skills behind each:

Domain A
Seeking Assistance & Self-Advocacy
Identify when to seek help, communicate needs effectively, and develop the self-advocacy skills students need to navigate postsecondary and workplace systems.
Profiler + Leadership Assessment + PSP reflection
Domain B
Career Exploration & Preparation
Explore careers across Oregon’s Six Career Areas, identify tentative career goals, and connect interests to Programs of Study and CRLEs.
Profiler + Enrichment Database + PSP Dream phase
Domain C
Postsecondary Readiness
Develop the durable skills (executive function, planning, self-regulation, persistence) postsecondary education and training demand.
EFA + SEM Type III PBL + PSP year-round cycles
Domain D
Workforce Readiness
Build the durable skills employers actually demand: collaboration, communication, problem-solving, leadership, and creativity.
Leadership Assessment + CTC + 21st-century skills framework
Real challenges

What Oregon Counselors & CTE Coordinators Struggle With

These are the durable-skills-and-career-readiness challenges we consistently hear from Oregon educators implementing the EPP, PLRs, HECPS standards, and CTE programs:

Making the EPP a living document

The EPP must be reviewed annually and document interests, aptitudes, course-taking, work samples, and reflections. Counselors need year-round student data — not just a once-a-year form filled in at registration. Renzulli surfaces interest, durable-skills, and project data continuously.

Implementing HECPS standards by 2027

Senate Bill 3’s 0.5 credit Higher Education and Career Path Skills requirement starts with the Class of 2027. Districts need standards-aligned content covering all four HECPS domains plus durable-skills assessment to document student readiness.

Producing CRLE and Extended Application artifacts

Both PLRs require authentic, real-world demonstrations of learning with reflection. Districts need student-facing tools that produce defensible artifacts and develop the durable skills the experiences are designed to evidence.

Equity for diverse and tribal learners

Oregon serves substantial Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, multilingual, and Native American populations. Districts implementing SB 13 Tribal History/Shared History need durable-skills tools that work across home languages and respect tribal partnerships.

CTE Six Career Areas alignment

Oregon’s six Career Areas are distinctive (not the 16 National Clusters). Districts need tools that surface student interests by Oregon’s actual Career Areas and produce portfolio artifacts complementing Skill Sets and Programs of Study.

Rural districts & ESD coordination

Many of Oregon’s 197 districts are rural, served by 19 Education Service Districts. Districts need durable-skills tools a single counselor can manage K-12 across small schools — with exportable evidence for Perkins V and EPP review.

Platform tools

Renzulli Learning Tools Mapped to Oregon’s Durable Skills Demands

Each Renzulli tool maps to specific EPP elements, PLR requirements, HECPS standards, and CTE Programs of Study — producing concrete, exportable evidence of durable skills 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 that populates the EPP’s interests & aptitudes element and supports HECPS Domain B (Career Exploration & Preparation). Available in 20+ languages, supporting Oregon’s multilingual and English Learner populations and ODE’s Equity Lens.
Cebeci Test of Creativity (CTC): 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 and cultural backgrounds — particularly relevant for Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes and SB 13 Tribal History/Shared History implementation.
Executive Function Assessment (EFA): Measures planning, working memory, self-regulation, and metacognition — the durable skills students need to manage 24 credits, complete CRLEs, sustain Extended Application work, and develop the postsecondary readiness HECPS Domain C demands. Dashboards highlight where students need scaffolding to stay on track.
Leadership Assessment: Measures the durable skills behind workforce readiness — teamwork, self-representation, and perspective-taking. Maps directly to HECPS Domain D (Workforce Readiness), Oregon CTSO participation (FFA, FBLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, FCCLA, DECA), and the self-advocacy foundations of HECPS Domain A.
Personal Success Plan (PSP): A student-driven goal, project, and reflection tracker that builds a portable durable-skills portfolio. Generates exportable summaries that students and counselors use to populate EPP fields — turning the EPP from a once-a-year form into year-round evidence of durable skills growth tied to interests, goals, and accomplishments.
Project-Based Learning (PBL) Tools: Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) Type III investigations produce authentic projects, presentations, portfolios, and reflections — exactly the artifact types Oregon’s Career-Related Learning Experiences and Extended Application require. PBL simultaneously develops critical thinking, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity while producing the documented evidence both PLRs need.
Renzulli Enrichment Database: Over 40,000 curated, standards-aligned activities matched to each student’s Profiler results — including thousands of career-exploration, entrepreneurship, and durable-skills resources directly supporting HECPS Domain B (Career Exploration & Preparation) and the EPP’s career exploration element. Searchable by subject area to support Oregon’s Six Career Areas and Programs of Study.
21st-Century & Durable Skills Framework: Structured activities and rubrics build all seven canonical durable skills — critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction — producing growth evidence districts can use for EPP portfolio reviews, HECPS standards documentation, and CRLE/Extended Application reflection.
Requirement-by-requirement

Oregon Career Readiness Requirements & Renzulli Durable Skills Platform: Side by Side

EPP CRLEs Extended Application SB 3 (HECPS & PFE) 2024 HECPS Standards Six Career Areas SB 13 Tribal History

How Renzulli Learning addresses each core Oregon requirement — with durable skills measurement and development at the center:

Oregon RequirementRenzulli Learning Contribution
EPP
Education Plan and Profile
Living portfolio: interests, aptitudes, course-taking, work samples, certifications, awards, reflections; reviewed annually		Renzulli is the K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills behind every EPP element. Profiler in 20+ languages populates interests & aptitudes. PSP generates exportable summaries to populate goals, work samples, achievements, and reflections.
CRLEs
Career-Related Learning Experiences
Structured experiences connecting learning to the world beyond classroom; required PLR		SEM Type III PBL produces the artifact types CRLEs evidence (workplace projects, mentorships, service learning, internships). PSP captures CRLE reflection. Built-in reflection workflow.
Extended App
Extended Application
Non-credit graduation requirement; sustained, in-depth, real-world application of academic and career-related knowledge		SEM Type III PBL produces the sustained, authentic investigations Extended Application requires. Built-in reflection on EPP connection. EFA develops the durable skills students need to sustain the work.
SB 3
HECPS Standards (Class of 2027+)
0.5 credit; 4 domains: Self-Advocacy, Career Exploration, Postsecondary Readiness, Workforce Readiness		Renzulli supports each domain. Profiler + Leadership Assessment for self-advocacy. Enrichment Database + PSP for career exploration. EFA + PBL for postsecondary readiness. Leadership Assessment + CTC for workforce readiness.
CTE
Six Career Areas & Programs of Study
Agriculture/Food/Natural Resources; Arts/Information/Communications; Business/Management; Health Sciences; Human Resources; Industrial/Engineering Systems		Profiler surfaces interests across all six Areas. PSP Dream phase guides Area exploration. PBL produces portfolio artifacts complementing Skill Sets and Programs of Study. Leadership Assessment supports CTSO leadership.
Equity
Diverse Learners & Tribal Partnerships
Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, EL, Native American (9 federally recognized tribes), rural; SB 13 Tribal History/Shared History		The Profiler in 20+ languages for multilingual students. The CTC is culture-independent (US Patent 12,087,176) — supporting equitable durable-skills assessment for Oregon’s tribal communities and ODE’s Equity Lens.
From Oregon educators

What Implementation Looks Like in Oregon Districts

“Our EPPs were technically compliant but barely meaningful — students filled out a form once and never looked at it again. With Renzulli’s Profiler giving us interests in 20+ languages, the PSP turning the EPP into a year-round process, and Type III PBL projects developing the durable skills our HECPS standards now require, our Personalized Learning Requirements finally have substance behind them. That’s the operational stack we needed for the Class of 2027.”
CTE Coordinator · Oregon school district
For Portland Metro & larger districts Districts running multiple CTE programs and high schools need a single, exportable durable-skills evidence layer that complements existing EPP workflows. Renzulli’s assessment data, PBL artifacts, and PSP exports support EPP reviews, HECPS standards documentation, and CRLE/Extended Application portfolios — without rebuilding existing data systems.
For rural districts & ESD coalitions Many of Oregon’s 197 districts are rural, supported by 19 Education Service Districts. The Profiler’s personalized recommendations, the 40,000+ Enrichment Database, and the PSP’s goal-tracking workflow let a single counselor support strength-based EPP development K-12 — particularly important for rural districts and tribal partnership schools.
Frequently asked questions

Oregon Durable Skills & Career Readiness: Common Questions

Questions Oregon counselors and CTE coordinators ask most often:

How does Renzulli Learning align with Oregon’s Education Plan and Profile (EPP)?
The Oregon Education Plan and Profile (EPP), one of three Personalized Learning Requirements for the Oregon Diploma, is a living portfolio documenting each learner’s academic and career goals, planning, achievements, interests, aptitudes, course-taking, work samples, certifications, awards, and personal reflections. The EPP must be reviewed and updated at least annually. The Renzulli Profiler captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles in 20+ languages, providing the foundational EPP data. The Personal Success Plan (PSP) functions as a year-round companion to the EPP, generating exportable summaries that students and counselors use to populate EPP fields with substance. The Cebeci Test of Creativity, Executive Function Assessment, and Leadership Assessment provide measurable durable-skills evidence for the EPP’s portfolio of achievements.
What durable skills does Renzulli Learning develop, and how does that connect to Oregon’s career readiness framework?
Renzulli Learning develops seven canonical durable skills: critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. These map directly to Oregon’s Personalized Learning Requirements (EPP, CRLEs, Extended Application), to the 2024 HECPS Standards’ four domains (Seeking Assistance and Self-Advocacy, Career Exploration and Preparation, Postsecondary Readiness, Workforce Readiness), and to Oregon CTE Programs of Study across the Six Career Areas. Renzulli is uniquely positioned because it both measures these durable skills (CTC, EFA, Leadership Assessment, Profiler) and develops them (SEM Type III PBL, PSP, the 40,000+ Enrichment Database, 21st-century skills activities) within a single integrated platform.
How does Renzulli Learning support Oregon’s Career-Related Learning Experiences (CRLEs)?
Career-Related Learning Experiences are structured experiences that connect Oregon students’ learning to the world beyond the classroom — workplace experiences, mentorships, structured workplace tours, projects, internships, service learning, job shadows, and community-based projects. CRLEs are required as one of three Personalized Learning Requirements for the Oregon Diploma. Renzulli’s SEM Type III PBL produces authentic projects with documented planning, mentor identification, and reflection — the artifact types CRLEs are designed to evidence. PBL templates support virtual internship, mentoring, and community-service experiences, while the PSP captures CRLE reflection and student-driven goal-setting.
How does Renzulli Learning support Oregon’s Extended Application requirement?
The Extended Application is a non-credit Oregon Diploma graduation requirement designed to be a bridge between a student’s high school learning experience and their personal interests, goals, and post-high school plans. Students demonstrate the application of academic and career-related knowledge in a sustained, in-depth, real-world way. Renzulli’s SEM Type III PBL produces exactly the kind of sustained, authentic investigation Extended Application is designed to evidence — with built-in reflection on how the work connects to the student’s career and educational goals identified in the EPP. The Personal Success Plan tracks Extended Application progress alongside EPP development.
How does Renzulli Learning support the new Higher Education and Career Path Skills (HECPS) standards under Senate Bill 3?
Beginning with the Class of 2027, Senate Bill 3 (2023) requires the Oregon Diploma to include 0.5 credit in Higher Education and Career Path Skills. The 2024 HECPS Standards organize instruction across four domains: Seeking Assistance and Self-Advocacy, Career Exploration and Preparation, Postsecondary Readiness, and Workforce Readiness. Renzulli supports each: the Profiler and Leadership Assessment build self-advocacy foundations; the Profiler, Enrichment Database, and PSP support career exploration; the EFA and PBL develop postsecondary readiness; and the Leadership Assessment and 21st-century skills framework develop workforce readiness.
How does Renzulli Learning support Oregon CTE programs and the Six Career Areas?
Oregon CTE programs are organized within Six Career Areas distinctive to Oregon: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Systems; Arts, Information, and Communications; Business and Management; Health Sciences; Human Resources; and Industrial and Engineering Systems. Each Career Area contains industry-reviewed Skill Sets that inform Programs of Study. The Renzulli Profiler surfaces each student’s interests across all six Career Areas. The Personal Success Plan’s Dream phase supports career exploration. The 40,000+ activity Renzulli Enrichment Database is searchable by subject. SEM Type III PBL produces authentic projects and portfolio artifacts complementing CTE Programs of Study and CTSO leadership preparation.
How much does Renzulli Learning cost for Oregon 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, PBL tools, PSP, and ELLA included. Oregon 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 support equity for Oregon’s diverse and tribal learners?
Oregon serves substantial Latino/Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, multilingual (English Learner), Native American (nine federally recognized tribes including Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz, Klamath Tribes, Coquille Indian Tribe, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Burns Paiute Tribe, Confederated Tribes of Coos/Lower Umpqua/Siuslaw, and Confederated Tribes of Umatilla), and rural learner populations. The Renzulli Profiler is available in 20+ languages. The Cebeci Test of Creativity is culture-independent (US Patent 12,087,176) — supporting equitable durable-skills identification across linguistic and cultural backgrounds, particularly relevant for Oregon’s tribal communities, SB 13 Tribal History/Shared History implementation, and ODE’s Equity Lens.
Official sources

Oregon Durable Skills & Career Readiness Resources

All compliance decisions should reference these primary ODE sources. Renzulli Learning complements — not replaces — Oregon’s EPP, PLR, and CTE program plans.

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