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.
from America Succeeds
Exclusive on LER.me®
OBv3 credentials
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.