Vertical curriculum design and evaluation of citizenship skills

Promoting equity and active citizenship through school education represents one of the main objectives of the current European Policy Cooperation. In Italy the ‘National Plan of Teachers Training’ (2016–2019) and the document “Indicazioni Nazionali Nuovi Scenari” () have highlighted inclusion and citizenship competences among the priorities of school education. Moreover, the Ministry Decree 62/2017 has stated the obligation for teachers to evaluate and certify students’ citizenship skills. We present the research project ‘At citizenship school. Vertical curriculum design and evaluation of citizenship skills’, carried out by the University of Bari (Italy), in cooperation with the CREMIT research group (University of Milan), UCIIM teachers’ professional association and a national network of schools (N = 10; target: 72 teachers, 10 headmasters).