Professional Practice Study

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment

Course leader:
SEED Team

Teacher Quality Standards

  • QS III: Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that facilitates learning for their students.
    • Element B: Teachers use formal and informal methods to assess student learning, provide feedback, and use results to inform planning and instruction.

This set contains all of the resources used for the spring 2019 professional practice study Exploring Performance-Based Assessment.

Resources

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - Activity 1 Anchor Resources

The Why and What of Performance-Based Assessment

This set of resources is designed to outline the elements of authentic performance-based assessment and the benefits of this form of assessment for students. Professional Practice Study participants should review all items in this resource set.

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - Activity 1 Examples

This set of resources provides examples of performance-based assessment tasks. Participants in the Professional Practice Study should select 1-2 of these examples to review.

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - Activity 2 Anchor Resources

Designing Performance-Based Assessments

This set of resources will support teachers in designing performance-based assessment tasks. Participants in the Professional Practice Study should review all of these resources.

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - Activity 2 Examples

This set of examples provides teachers examples of performance assessment tasks. Participants in the Professional Practice Study should review examples that are of most interest/relevance to your instruction.

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - Activity 2 Tools

These tools will provide guidance in the creation of a performance assessment task.

Participants in the Professional Practice Study should skim these tools in preparation for creating a performance task and may or may not co thoose one or more as a template or guide in the classroom implementation assignment.

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - Activity 3 Resources

This set of resources will support teachers to support and evaluate students in the performance-based assessment process.

Spring 2019 PPS: Exploring Performance-Based Assessment - OPTIONAL Activity 3 Resources

The following resource has links to the full seven-part posts of Jay McTighe's series on performance tasks. Feel free to review any of the posts that have yet to be featured in this course.