Looking at Performance Tasks as Another Way To Assess What Students Know and Are Able to Do !

Looking at Performance Looking at Performance Tasks as AnotherTasks as Another

Way To Assess What Way To Assess What Students Students KnowKnow and and

Are Are Able to DoAble to Do! !

Looking at Performance Looking at Performance Tasks as AnotherTasks as Another

Way To Assess What Way To Assess What Students Students KnowKnow and and

Are Are Able to DoAble to Do! !

Group Norms to Enhance Our Time

Together• Set cell phones to vibrate • Stay positive• Listen actively• Engage in what we’re doing• If you need release, go and come

back

Looking at Performance Tasks as Another Way

To Assess What Students Know and are

Able to Do!

Standards-Based TeachingStandards-Based Teaching

• Teachers embed the vocabulary (words, people, events, and concepts) from the standards into their curriculum, instruction, and assessment

• Teachers monitor students’ progress towards meeting and exceeding the standards

Analyze the StandardAnalyze the Standard

• Step 1: After reviewing the data, select a standard that you want to target for your students. Standard:

• Step 2: What students should be able to do: (verbs) What students should know/understand (nouns).

• Step 3: What lessons does the teacher need to include to insure the students’ understanding.

Find the Big Ideas and Develop Find the Big Ideas and Develop Essential QuestionsEssential Questions

Select the standard/benchmark that you want to address.

What are some big ideas or key concepts that students should explore within the context of the content and standards?

What are five essential questions that students should be able to answer about the content and big ideas at the end of the unit?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Application Two-Application Two-Teacher ChecklistTeacher Checklist

• Review the standards and descriptions.

• Write each term on a sticky note.

• Classify or cluster the terms into groups or headings.

• Create “holding titles” for big categories

• Add terms that will help clarify the process using bullet points.

• Create a checklist using a template.

Teacher Checklist Teacher Checklist TemplateTemplate

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Teacher Checklist Template Standard: _____________________________________________________________________ Criteria/Elements/Performance Indicators

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Develop Student ChecklistDevelop Student Checklist

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Develop Student Checklist

Application Criteria / Elements / Performance Indicators

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Figure 5.11

EQ How do we design How do we design

teaching, learning, and teaching, learning, and assessment tasks to assessment tasks to ensure mastery of ensure mastery of Georgia Performance Georgia Performance Standards?Standards?

A Performance Task . .A Performance Task . . “requires a student to demonstrate

their achievement by producing an extended written or spoken answer, by engaging in group or individual activities, or by creating a specific product.”

~A.J. Nitko

Extended written or spoken answer

Engaging in group or individual activities

Creating a specific product

Discuss examples of what students might do that fit into the three parts of a performance task.

Extended written or spoken answer

Engaging in group or individual activities

Creating a specific product

Discuss examples of what students might do that fit into the three parts of a performance task.

EssaySpeechPWPTRap/SongLetterNewspaper Article

PlayInterview/Talk ShowVideo

PoemModelDisplayTime CapsuleBrochure

Why Performance Why Performance Assessments?Assessments?

Sometimes passing the written test just isn’t enough!

Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised)(Revised)

Two Types of Performance Two Types of Performance TasksTasks

Restricted (Single-Focus) Highly structured to fit one standard:

Examples– Read aloud a selection of

poetry– Construct a graph from a

given set of data– Calculate the mean of

several scores– Write a letter to the

editor about a problem– Measure the area of the

classroom

Extended Multi-focusedComprehensive to include

multiple standardsExample: The principal has

asked us to prepare a bid to landscape our school. We need to prepare 1) a written proposal of the cost 2) a diagram of the landscape design 3) a video of the campus 4) a powerpoint showing pictures of the flowers and plants

How do you create a How do you create a performance task?performance task?

Subject Grade

GPSVerbs from standard

Task detail

Consider choice, learning styles,

and ability

Elements

Look at the Performance Task Calling All Toymakers

Refer to the Performance Task Checklist with an evaluative eye

Did the Performance Task include the following criteria?

Headings:

Problem Scenario:

On the easel paper using post-its, list:

1. What students should be able to do (verbs) and

should know/understand (nouns)

2. What lessons does the teacher need to teach to insure understanding

Look at the Performance Look at the Performance Task Task

Calling All ToymakersCalling All Toymakers

Look at the Performance Task Which One Doesn’t Belong!

Look at the Performance Task Which One Doesn’t Belong!

Refer to the Performance Task Checklist with an evaluative eye

Did the Performance Task include the following criteria?

Headings:Problem Scenario:

On the easel paper using post-its, list: 1. What students should be able to do (verbs) and should know/understand (nouns) 2. What lessons does the teacher need to teach to insure understanding

Looking at Performance Tasks as Another Way

To Assess What Students

KnowKnow and are

Able to DoAble to Do!!• What was most valuable in

this session?

• How will you use what you have learned?

• Other thoughts…? Other support?

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