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Performance

Assessments and

What is Performance Based Assessment? (PBA)

• Performance based assessment is a form of testing that requires students to perform a task rather than an answer from a ready made list.

PBA is also know as:• Authentic Assessment• Alternative Assessment• Active Learning• Performance Assessment

• No pencil and paper, not multiple choice

• Rubrics given prior to start

• Open ended response exercises/Hands on

• Extended tasks• Portfolios – compilation

of required tasks and best works

What does it look like in the classroom?

• Use of higher order thinking skills

• Synthesis of classroom instruction

• Student reflection• Practical/Real life

experiences

The teacher taught how to setup, focus, identify and draw pictures of objects on

glass slides.As the end of the unit

assessment, students labeled parts of a diagrammed microscope and answered multiple choice questions about the history of the microscope. Thoughts?????

What about this third grade example?

• Oral reading skills are strongly emphasized in this classroom, and a great deal of energy is spent helping students use proper phrasing, vocal expression, and clear pronunciation when they read aloud.

• The teacher uses paper-and-pencil tests that assess pupils' reading comprehension and word recognition.

Thoughts?????

Primary Example(In view of the class, place 10 caterpillars in a box.

Place a flashlight at one end, while darkening the other by folding over the box top.)

• Do caterpillars move more to the light or more to the dark?

• Make a graph that shows how many caterpillars move to the light and how many move to the dark part of the box.

• Your graphs will be displayed

at Open House.

Thoughts????

You have to ask yourself (and make yourself answer) questions like these!!!

• Does the task truly match the outcome(s) you're trying to measure?

• Does the task require the students to use critical thinking skills?

– Consider Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Is the task a worthwhile use of instructional time?

• Does the assessment use engaging tasks from the "real world”?

• Are the tasks fair and free from bias?

• Will the task be credible? • Is the task feasible?

• Is the task clearly defined?

What are the Pros and Cons of Performance Based

Assessment?

• More than one correct answer

• Creative solutions• Measurement of over-

arching course goals• Real life/world tasks

• Address fewer learning objectives – time intensive

• Found intimidating to students used to memorization

• Development of clear criteria that indicate competency levels requires time and practice

Pros Cons

• A set of explicit expectations or criteria – Description of varying levels of

performance

• Systematic method of scoring student work– Increases reliability and validity of

course assessments

What is a Rubric?

RATING EVALUATION(PDE)

4 Advanced

3 Proficient

2 Basic

1 Below Basic

RATING EVALUATION(kid friendly)

4 Excellent

3 Good

2 Fair

1 Rework

Kid Style

Read the Performance Assessment for Health

What criteria should

you be graded on??

Brainstorm a list.

Rating Procedure Time Outcome

3 You drank part of the bottle of

Scotch and used part as an antiseptic.

It took you exactly 15 minutes to complete

the operation.

You lived!

Rubric for the Performance Test: Health

Rating Procedure Time Outcome

3 You drank part of the bottle of

Scotch and used part as an antiseptic.

It took you exactly 15 minutes to complete

the operation.

You lived!

2 You drank the whole bottle of scotch.

It took you

between 15 and 16 minutes

to complete

the operation

.

You lived but you could never

stand up straight again.

3

You drank You drank part of the bottle of

Scotch and used part

as an antiseptic.

It took you It

took you exactly 15 minutes

to complete

the operation

.

You lived!

Rating Procedure Time Outcome

4 You used all the Scotch as an antiseptic.

It took you fewer than 15 minutes

to complete

the operation.

You survived

the operation and can

now run a marathon.

1

You drank You

couldn’t figure out what to do with the Scotch.

It took you It

took you more than

16 minutes.

You did not

survive the

operation.

Rating Procedure Time Outcome

2 You drank the whole bottle of Scotch.

It took you between

15 and 16 minutes.

You lived but you could never

stand up straight again.

Rating Procedure Time Outcome

4Advanced

You assembled the rifle and added a

scope.

It took you fewer than 10

minutes.

You tame the tiger and take it to the zoo.

3Proficient

You assemble all parts of the rifle

correctly.

It took you exactly 10 minutes.

You shoot the tiger as it

lunges at you. You only

wound it. You both live.

2Basic

Some parts of the rifle are missing or

assembled incorrectly.

The rifle works.

It took you between 10

and 11 minutes.

You shoot the tiger as it

lunges at you. You kill the

tiger.

1Below Basic

Some parts are missing or assembled

incorrectly. It does not work.

It took you more than 11

minutes.

The tiger eats you!

Engineering

List two reasons it is important to use rubrics.

Five Reasons to Use Rubrics1. Rubrics tell students they must do a careful job. Information on the

expected quality of the task performed is given to students.

2. Rubrics set standards. Students know in advance what they have to do to achieve a certain level.

3. Rubrics clarify expectations. When levels are described in clear language, everyone knows what is required. The quality of student work will improve.

4. Rubrics help students take responsibility for their own learning. Students use rubrics to help study information the teacher values.

5. Rubrics have value to other stakeholders. Anyone (including colleagues, parents and community members) seeing a rubric and a student score based on that rubric knows what content was mastered by that student.