PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS Backward Design Book Chapter 1 Performance

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS Backward Design Book Chapter 1

Performance Assessments Assessment Structure Unit Assessments Formative Informal Summative Formal Traditional Test Performance Assessment

Performance Assessments Assessment Structure Unit Assessments Formative Informal Summative Formal Traditional Test Performance Assessment

Performance Assessments Backward Design Unit Goal Unit Assessment Lesson Objectives & Activities

Performance Assessments A Summary • Purpose: To provide a culminating Unit assessment in which students demonstrate Unit Goal critical-thinking about the Unit Concept through performance of a task • Basis: Students with different learning styles can demonstrate achievement in a holistic way that differs from the typical Traditional Test.

Performance Assessments Construction • Projects and presentations are performance assessments only if: • They allow students to demonstrate achievement of the Unit Goal • The performance at the level of the Unit Goal is done independently & individually (I&I) and on previously unseen material (students in 3 rd grade and beyond). • Younger students and ELLs may benefit from scaffolds and graphic organizers. • Good performance assessments often allow students to make decisions about the content.

Performance Assessments Examples Kindergarten Science Unit Concept: Pushes and Pulls and Motion Unit Goal: SWBAT apply appropriate force in order to move an object. Performance Assessment: Students will design a toy which can move if the appropriate force is applied.

Performance Assessments Examples 5 th Grade Science Unit Concept: Structure of Matter and Mixing of Substances Unit Goal: SWBAT develop a model to describe matter as made of particles too small to be seen and investigate whether mixing substances creates new substances. Performance Assessment: Students will write an analysis of how their model explains their investigation.

Performance Assessments Examples MS Life Science Unit Concept: Ecosystem Viability Unit Goal: SWBAT argue from empirical evidence that changes to the components of an ecosystem affect populations and evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. *. Performance Assessment: SW argue with evidence for the most effective designs solution.

Performance Assessments Examples HS Chemistry Unit Concept: Reaction Rate Factors Unit Goal: SWBAT use a model to analyze the relationship among energy, temperature and concentration on reaction rates. Performance Assessment: SW write an analysis of an investigation into the effects of changes in either concentration or temperature on reaction rates.

Performance Assessments and Rubrics Take Home Points • Performance Assessments: • Assess holistic achievement of the Unit Goal and Unit Concept • Provide an alternate means of showing achievement of the Unit Goal • Are often based on authentic or real-life situations • Are graded with a rubric • Rubrics (Discussed in Summer 2) • Provide a way to grade the level of holistic achievement of the Unit Goal and Unit Concept • Rubrics require: • Criteria focused on the Unit Goal • Levels of Performance • A simple percentage should not be calculated from a rubric

Sample Performance Assessments on Wiki Each grade level/course create a Document with 1. Heading of Sample Performance Assessment (PA) 2. 2 Sample PAs for the second Unit Concept/Goal Please send these to m. jacobson@macs. k 12. wi. us