Fortunately, groups developing conceptualizations of 21 st century skills have built
sufficiently on each other’s ideas to avoid a “Tower of Babel” situation. As this analysis
shows, organizations that argue for 21 st century skills have frameworks largely consistent
in terms of what should be added to the curriculum. However, each group has different
areas of emphasis within the overarching skillset. As an illustration, taking the P21
framework as a baseline, groups focused on technical skills--such as ISTE, ETS, and
those who advocate for digital literacies--emphasize that aspect of P21 and articulate in
greater detail which fluencies in information and communications technologies are most
important.