Lesson 6 Developing A Performance Task
Lesson 6 Developing A Performance Task
ASSESSMENT
Developing a
Performance Task
OBJECTIVES
• Familiarize the steps in developing a performance task
• Create a performance task following the recommended
steps
Steps in Developing
a Performance Task
Introduction
• Performance tasks enable teachers to gather evidence not just about
what a student knows, but also what he or she can do with that
knowledge (Darling-Hammond and Adamson 2010).
• Rather than asking students to recall facts, performance tasks measure
whether a student can apply his or her knowledge to make sense of a
new phenomenon or design a solution to a new problem. In this way,
assessment becomes phenomenon-based and multidimensional as it
assesses both scientific practices and content within a new context
(Holthuis et al. 2018).
Introduction
• As we move away from traditional testing, the purpose of assessment
begins to shift. Instead of only measuring students’ performance, we
also strive to create an opportunity for students to learn throughout the
process. Not only are students learning more as they are being
assessed, but the feedback you gain as a teacher is far richer than
traditional assessment (Wei, Schultz, and Pecheone 2012).
• This allows teachers to gather more information about what students
do and do not know in order to better inform meaningful next steps in
their teaching.
Steps in Developing a
Performance Task
Define the purpose of the assessment
is considered in making decision in the subsequent steps of the
process
Formative assessment
-will be used if the result of the assessment is used for
instructional improvement, that is, to get feedback from the students.
Summative assessment
-will be used if the result of the assessment is used for
grading purposes and a more elaborate scoring scheme is needed.
Steps in Developing a
Performance Task
Determine the skills, learning outcomes, and taxonomy level
-it is very important to determine the skills, the learning outcomes
of any given instruction since there is a limited time in the classroom for
the assessment procedures.
Presentation The slide presentation is The slide presentation is The slide presentation is
complete, easy to understand, slightly incomplete, not so incomplete, has many
presentable, made with easy to understand, typographical errors, no
creativity and not dull nor over presentable, made with coherence and made almost no
decorated creativity but slightly dull or decoration or over decorated
over decorated
Authenticity The chosen assessment is The chosen assessment is The chosen assessment is not The chosen assessment is not
really performance or project really performance or project really a performance or project performance or project based
based and is highly engaging based and is slightly engaging based and is not that engaging and is not engaging for students
for students for students for students
Validity The task is really aligned to The task is not aligned to the
the subject and objectives subject nor to the objectives
Criteria and Rubric The criteria and rubric include The criteria and rubric include The criteria and rubric include The criteria and rubric include
all the possible skills and many possible skills and few possible skills and almost none of the possible
knowledge that can be knowledge that can be knowledge that can be skills and knowledge that can be
measured to the students measured to the students measured to the students measured to the students
End of Unit
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