Developing Performance Tasks to be Used as Common Formative Assessments

Rhonda KayeDistrict PLC for 6th Grade ELA

Today’s Agenda• Parking Lot (5 minutes)– Teachers write questions/comments/concerns on a sticky-

note and place it in the parking lot. These items will have priority during Q & A time.

• Announcements from DPS & DPI (5-10 minutes)• Mini-PD (30-35 minutes)– Developing Performance Tasks

• Questions, Comments & Concerns (15 minutes)– Parking lot items will be answered first.

Upcoming Dates for 6th Grade Teachers

• Oct 8th - CIA2 CA 2 Review - 3:00pm – LGMS• Oct 26th - CtB Training on Text Dependent

Questions• Nov 1st – Next PLC Meeting – 3:30pm – Rubrics: Designing and Using them to Analyze

Student Performance

Guiding Question

• How can my PLC partner(s) and I use Common Formative Assessments to guide instruction?

• How do I develop a performance task that can be used as a Small Goal CFA?

With My PLC Partner(s), I Can…

• Determine how best to assess learning targets.• Create an assessment that will evaluate student

mastery of learning targets.• Develop a rubric that gives students descriptive

feedback and helps me to collect data about student mastery.

Key Vocabulary• Learning target• Performance task• Common formative

assessment (CFA)• Small goal assessment

(SGA)

• Student mastery• Rubric• Descriptive feedback• Next navigator• GRASPS

Rather than thinking about assessment as a snapshot…

Think of it as a scrapbook page

Think about this…

• What methods do you use to assess your kids?• What works for you?• What works for them?• How do you develop those assessments?

Cumulative Assessments• Multiple choice – from a

test bank• Developed by CIA Staff• Graded Scantron• Addresses the objective

knowledge and skills of unit.

Small Goal Assessments• Performance Tasks – Project

or Product• Developed by PLC• Graded with a rubric• Addresses the learning

targets that can’t be assessed by a multiple choice test.

What’s the Process?Identify the learning

targets you want/need to assess with your

Common Formative Assessment.

Create performance task and rubric to assess the subjective targets. (SL,

W)

Teach the targets of the unit. Administer the

Small Goal Assessment.

With your PLC, use the rubric to grade the SGA and to analyze the data to determine student

mastery.

Using the rubric, give descriptive feedback to

your students.

Decide which learning targets, if any, you need

to address again in coming units of study.

Characteristics of a Performance Task

• The task presents students with a problem (preferably real-world).

• Students provide a tangible product for a defined audience.

• Evaluation criteria are appropriate to the task and known to students in advance.

GoalRoleAudienceSituationPerformanceStandards

Helpful Tools

• GRASPS Handout• Assessment Task Blueprint• Possible Student Roles & Audiences• Possible Products & Performances

For more information…

Alignment Search

Choose A Task

Make it your own

• Adjust the task to– Assess the learning targets you identified.– Suit your students’ needs.– Utilize resources you have available.

• Flesh out the rubric to offer the most useful descriptive feedback.

Rubrics

• Categories for content• Categories for qualities of the product

PLC Time

• Address Parking Lot questions• Share what’s working• What support do you need?

5 = strongly agree – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1= strongly disagree

1. The information in this session was clearly presented.2. This session addressed a topic relevant to me.3. I had an opportunity to share ideas and concerns with my

PLC members.4. The presenter addressed my concerns appropriately.5. This session was a good use of my time.6. Additional comments: