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Thomas BrandtMany educators are going beyond traditional tests and using performance assessments in their K-12 classrooms to gauge what students know and can do.
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linked to standards, and documented so that everyone
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to give students the chance to show what they know and can do and to provide teachers with the tools to assess these abilities.
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mathematics, social studies, science, creative arts, criticism, and literature.
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it goes on all year long, and it culminates in certain kinds of tasks that demonstrate what students can do."
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immediate feedback comes the ability to intervene
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assessment and learning become "two sides of the same coin
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But when the stakes are too high, this laudable goal gets distorted
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And when the tests are too narrow a measure or aren't properly aligned to standards, they provide little concrete information teachers and schools can use to improve teaching and learning for individual students
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"the first generation is flawed. Instead of multiple indicators of what students know, we end up with a single test score that somehow is supposed to capture everything that's inside of a student's head."
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Performance assessments go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.
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designing projects that require students to apply what they're learning to real-world tasks, li
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well-crafted performance assessments share a common purpose: to give students the chance to show what they know and can do and to provide teachers with the tools to assess these abilities.
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Applied Learning
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Assessment of the design projects occurs in several ways. At the beginning of the project, students are given the scoring rubric by which their work will be measured. Each part of the project is evaluated based on quality and accuracy, clarity and presentation, and concept. Reeder also evaluates teamwork (participation, level of involvement, quality of work as a team member) during the course of the project and at the end.
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Assessing Student Growth
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student portfolio -- a cumulative record of a student's work over time.
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. Teachers, students, and parents all understand that the most effective assessment doesn't happen at the end of a unit
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revisions before students and teachers alike consider them complete.
Credit: Edutopia
Without question, these high-quality performance assessments take time. The typical research paper at the Urban Academy, for example, will go through multiple revisions before the student and his or her teacher consider it complete. With each revision comes a discussion about key issues to be addressed, questions yet to be answered, and concepts that require further development.
A single proficiency might take a semester or even an entire year for a student to complete and mig
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t immediate feedback comes the ability to intervene, to change course when assessments show that a particular lesson or strategy isn't working for a student, or to offer new challenges for students who've mastered a concept or skill.
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Assessment Versus Accountability
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handful of states have incorporated additional measures into their annual assessments.
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Britt GowRT @gret: Taking a Deeper Look at Assessment for Understanding http://t.co/RUedssca #elemchat
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"There are two reasons for assessment," says Reeder. "One is to provide students feedback on the quality of their work and specifically on how they might improve that quality. The other is to assign a score or grade." Scoring is the easy part, she adds, and can be accomplished with the help of what she calls a "reasonably prepared" test.
"But you can't assess a student's deep understanding of a subject and their ability to apply a concept through a traditional paper-and-pencil, crank-out-the-formulas kind of assessment," says Reeder. "It has to be done with a performance assessment."
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Bridget Doklan"Performance assessments go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool."
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Debra DonaldsonThis article covers authentic assessment
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But tests aren't the only way to gauge a student's knowledge and abilities, just as reciting formulas and memorizing the periodic table is not the only way to learn chemistry.
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Performance assessements go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.
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For many, these standardized tests -- and the countless other smaller tests that are commonplace in today's classrooms -- are what come to mind when they hear the term "assessment."
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But tests aren't the only way to gauge a student's knowledge and abilities, just as reciting formulas and memorizing the periodic table is not the only way to learn chemistry.
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In a classroom setting, performance assessment is an essential companion to project-based learning. By developing comprehensive rubrics (or criteria) by which to evaluate student performances, teachers ensure that projects are more than just fun and engaging activities. They're true tests of a student's abilities and knowledge, linked to standards, and documented so that everyone -- students, parents, and educators -- understands what is being assessed.
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wide range of activities and assignments: from research papers that demonstrate how well students can evaluate sources and articulate an opinion to experiments or problems that enable a teacher to gauge a student's ability to apply specific math or science knowledge and skills.
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individual projects;
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Assessment of the design projects occurs in several ways. At the beginning of the project, students are given the scoring rubric by which their work will be measured. Each part of the project is evaluated based on quality and accuracy, clarity and presentation, and concept. Reeder also evaluates teamwork (participation, level of involvement, quality of work as a team member) during the course of the project and at the end.
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There are two reasons for assessment," says Reeder. "One is to provide students feedback on the quality of their work and specifically on how they might improve that quality. The other is to assign a score or grade." Scoring is the easy part, she adds, and can be accomplished with the help of a "reasonably prepared" test.
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"But you can't assess a student's deep understanding of a subject and their ability to apply a concept through a traditional paper-and-pencil, crank-out-the-formulas kind of assessment," says Reeder. "It has to be done with a performance assessment."
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development of a student portfolio
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Performance assessments do engage people in work and time. Students have to develop the performances. The teachers have to evaluate them," acknowledges Darling-Hammond. But, she emphasizes, "the time is not lost to teaching and learning. The time is teaching and learning, because the actual conduct of the assessment is a learning experience for students as well as teachers. It informs teaching. It gives teachers immediate feedback about what they need to do to meet a student's needs."
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And with that immediate feedback comes the ability to intervene, to change course when assessments show that a particular lesson or strategy isn't working for a student, or to offer new challenges for students who've mastered a concept or skill. In this context, says performance assessment researcher Karen Sheingold, assessment and learning become "two sides of the same coin" rather than separate and distinct activities.
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assessment practices
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They're inextricably bound to the public's demand for greater accountability
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Susan Murray-CarricoThousands of articles, videos, slide shows, expert interviews, blog entries, and other resources highlight success stories in K-12 education. Core concepts include integrated studies, project learning,technology integration, teacher development, social an
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Sara ButterworthWK 2
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They could pass a test with flying colors but had considerable difficulty transferring knowledge and skills from one unit to the next.
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Assessment of the design projects occurs in several ways.
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performance assessment is the development of a student portfolio -
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(there are no traditional report cards
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Add Sticky NoteTime Well Spent
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It's working, Bjorn
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The teachers reported dropping longer units with rich assessment components in favor of more traditional lessons that reflected the type of material and format common in most state assessments.
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It seems like students involved in sports or music learn how to apply their learning through drills, training and scrimmaging/rehearsals. The performance or test is the game or concert. I think the same method should be used in the classroom.
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The Learning Exchange (LEX)This article takes an in-depth look at assessment based on student performance with examples from primary and secondary schools.
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Donna DesRochesPerformance assessments go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.
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Assessment for Understanding: Taking a Deeper Look
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Jeff JohnsonPerformance assessements go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.
GLEF Edutopia performance_assessement performanceassessement assessment
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Anne BubnicPerformance assessements go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.
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Sara BeauchampArticle--includes 9 minute video
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