The Pathsmith Durable Skills Framework — only here.
LER.me is the exclusive place to subscribe to the Pathsmith Durable Skills Marketplace from America Succeeds. Subscription includes the full framework — rubrics and standards — plus context-aware and simulation assessments that issue verifiable OBv3 credentials directly to learners' LER wallets.
Durable skills are the underpinning of the LER.me skills ontology and the ticket to sustained career success.
Sample domains shown · nursing manifestations · grounded in O*NET
10 skill domains. 74 individual skills. 4 proficiency levels.
The Pathsmith Durable Skills Framework defines the durable skills employers value across every industry — with rubrics, standards and occupation-specific manifestations grounded in O*NET data and proprietary chunker records.
How a worker conveys, listens to and adapts information to people, contexts and audiences.
- Explaining procedures
- Active listening
- Audience adaptation
- Written clarity
How a worker analyzes, decides and solves problems under real-world constraints and pressure.
- Evaluating symptoms
- Risk assessment
- Hypothesis testing
- Decision under uncertainty
How a worker maintains focus, awareness and presence — to themselves, their work, and the people they serve.
- Monitor patient condition
- Situational awareness
- Stress regulation
- Continuous attention
How a worker shows up — integrity, accountability, empathy, work ethic — across the people and roles they touch.
- Patient empathy
- Ethical decision-making
- Reliability
- Team accountability
Context-aware. Simulation. Both verifiable.
The subscription includes two complementary assessment modes — both issuing verifiable OBv3 credentials directly into the learner's LER wallet.
Context-aware Assessments
Evaluate demonstrated durable skills inside real workflows — work-based learning placements, apprenticeships, internships, on-the-job tasks. The system observes evidence in context and assesses against the Pathsmith rubric.
- Embedded in real work contexts
- Rubric-aligned scoring
- Issues OBv3 verifiable credentials
- Continuous, not one-shot
Simulation Assessments
Place learners in scenario-based exercises — virtual or in-person — that elicit demonstrations of specific durable skills under controlled conditions. Designed against Pathsmith rubrics, scorable, repeatable, defensible.
- Scenario-based exercises
- Virtual or in-person delivery
- Issues OBv3 verifiable credentials
- Tailored options via professional services
One subscription. The whole framework + the assessment & credentialing engines.
LER.me is the exclusive home of the Pathsmith Durable Skills Framework. The subscription bundles licensed access, the assessment engines, and the credentialing pipeline into one offering.
The Pathsmith Framework + Engines
The full framework licensed for your state, agency, district, college or employer — with the assessment engines and credentialing pipeline that turn the framework into action.
- Pathsmith Framework — full rubrics & standards from America Succeeds
- Context-aware assessments — evaluate durable skills in real workflows
- Simulation assessments — virtual & in-person scenario exercises
- OBv3 credential issuance — verifiable badges to learner LER wallets
- Durable-skills badge issuance — your own branded badges, unlocked
- Occupation crosswalks — Pathsmith × O*NET, by SOC, with manifestations
Custom Professional Services
Need a simulation assessment for a specific role, industry or program? Our professional services team designs and builds tailored simulation assessments to spec — fully aligned to the Pathsmith rubric.
- Tailored scenario design
- Industry-specific simulation builds
- Role-specific assessment libraries
- Cohort-scale validity studies
- Aligned to Pathsmith rubrics & standards
Learn more about implementations on EBSCOed Solutions Durable Skills Marketplace.
The underpinning of the LER.me skills ontology.
Every credential, every recommendation, every match in the LER Talent Marketplace is grounded in skills. Durable skills are the bedrock layer — what employers actually value across roles, industries and decades.
The ticket to sustained career success.
Technical skills age out as fast as the technology underneath them. Durable skills — communication, critical thinking, mindfulness, character — travel with the worker for an entire career.
- ✓ Recognized by employers across every industry
- ✓ Predictive of long-term career mobility
- ✓ Resilient to technology and economic change
- ✓ Foundational to every LER.me skills match
Durable skills are the bedrock — every layer above stands on them.
A framework. An exclusive home. A skills ontology.
incl. Communication · Critical Thinking · Mindfulness · Character
Granular, occupation-specific manifestations
Beginner → mastery, scored against rubrics
O*NET-mapped with Pathsmith manifestations
The bedrock of the LER Talent Marketplace.
The Durable Skills Marketplace is one of the foundational layers of the LER.me ecosystem. Every credential issued, every recommendation generated, every match made — they all rest on a durable-skills foundation.
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Bring durable skills into your workforce stack.
Subscribe to the Pathsmith Durable Skills Framework, get the assessment engines, issue verifiable credentials. Need custom simulations? Our professional services team builds them to spec.