Performance Tasks

Performance Tasks for Rigorous ThinkingPromoting Student LearningTodays ObjectivesLearning ObjectivesBy the end of this session, participants will be able toExplain WHY Performance Tasks are valuable instructional and assessment structures for deep learning.List the key sections of Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks.Evaluate course content for the most appropriate inclusion of Performance Tasks in units or learning arcs.Fill out a WCPSS time sheet accurately.Todays AgendaWhenWhatWhoHow3:30Introductions and PurposeSara Who Are We?3:40The WhysSaraMini-Presentation3:50The WhatTeam Classroom Experience4:25The What, Part 2Team Search and Find4:50The HowTeam Strategic Plan5:05Getting StartedSaraContracts and Time Sheets5:20Self-AssessmentTeamFist to 5What are 5 things that you and your Grade Level Partner have in common?Off-limits: anything about school, job, work. Off-limits: any personal statistics: birthdays, marriages, kids, names, etc.

Introductions Write fully developed and integrated Performance Tasks aligned to Common Core State Standards in ELA which can be used for units or lesson arcs in core English classes. Our Overarching PurposeEnglish classes.

for units or lesson arcsaligned to Common Core State Standards in ELA fully developed and integratedcore 2014-15 NC Accountability MeasuresSmarter Balanced Assessment Consortiumhttp://www.smarterbalanced.org/ Multi-State consortium to develop CCSS-aligned testsNC chose to work with SBAC, not PARCC4 Item and Task TypesSelected ResponseTechnology-EnhancedConstructed ResponsePerformance TasksWhy Use Performance Tasks?Performance Tasks Strategic and Extended Thinking

Why Use Performance Tasks?

The

5E Instructional Model

Why Use Performance Tasks? The use of Performance Tasks

Does not change the curriculum significantly BUT

DOES influence teachers to use a wide array of instructional strategies modeled on the Performance Tasks their districts have developedWhy Use Performance Tasks?Research Report. How Performance Assessments Affect Teaching and Learning (ASCD, 1995). Effect on Student Learning

More engagement with project-based tasks than other assignmentsBetter writing skills and habitsBetter study habitsMore rigorous content challengeWhy Use Performance Tasks?Research Report. How Performance Assessments Affect Teaching and Learning (ASCD, 1995). Effect on Knowledge

Traditional testing and tasks: Do you know it?Performance assessment and tasks:How well can you use what you know? Integrates content knowledge, process skills, work habits, and authentic literacyWhy Use Performance Tasks?Hibbard et al. Teachers Guide to Performance Based Learning and Assessment. (1996).

Learn by Doing

What is a Performance Task?

Part 1Lets BeginPart 2Lets ContinueWhat ARE Performance Tasks?SoWhat skills do they require? What content knowledge do they require? Authentic scenario project-based learning tasks Can range from short activities taking a partial period to polished projects for authentic audience Integrate content knowledge, process skills, and work habits Reading, writing, speaking, listening, research, product Assess multiple standards within a focused task Better measure than traditional test of Depth of understandingResearch skillsComplex analysisCritical thinkingAbility to pull it all togetherWhat are PerformanceTasks?Look closely Go to http://www.smarterbalanced.org Pull Down: Smarter Balanced Assessments Click: Sample Items and Performance Tasks Scroll down to English Language Arts/Literacy (about halfway down) Click: English Language Arts/Literacy Pull Down: View More English Language Arts/Literacy Sample Items Click: Nuclear Power (High School/Performance Task/Bottom Right)

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How long do students have to complete a SBAC Performance Task assessment?What do STUDENTS DO? What do TEACHERS DO?What scaffolds for student success are built into the student experience? What support documents are offered to teachers?What would Performance Task writers need to think about as they create Performance Tasks to integrate into a course?What would teachers need to think about as they implement Performance Tasks?Look closelyWhat are the measures of student success?Scored Products2 Research QuestionsSummary Chart

Evaluate Sources/Bias

Argument Essay

Unscored ScaffoldsNote-Taking Guide

2 Scenarios/Purpose settingReport Scoring Information

Text Set/StimuliWhat Do You Notice About the Text Set?Preview: Quantitative --pie chartQualitative--photo 2 videosExpert opinion (logos)CNN report of devastation (pathos)2 Letters to the EditorWritten within 3 months of each other1 Pro, 1Con2 Purportedly Unbiased General InformationWikipediaReason.com

What Do You Notice About the Rubrics?

Tied specifically to stated standards

6 points: Prewriting Each Research Question = 4 pointsPostwriting Editing = 2 points

4 points:Actual essay

Rubrics and ScoringRubrics/ScoringWhat Must Students Be Able to Do?The 2-PointersSource SkillsCan students tell the relative bias of a source?Can students tell the major appeal of a source?Can students tell the intended audience of a source?Can students notice what the author chose v. ignored Editing SkillsCommand of languageNot perfectly clean proofreadingRubrics/ScoringWhat Must Students Be Able to Do?4-PointerClaim for the responseCounterclaims and faulty reasoningOrganization for unityTransitions of relationship, not chronologyLogical development of ideasConvincing evidenceThorough reasoning and elaboration of ideasIntegration of sourcesAcademic and domain-specific vocabularyPurposeful variety of syntax Purposeful and effective introduction and conclusionPurposeful choices to target specific audience (scenario)

How long does it take for students to learn all of these skills?

What is the best way to teach all of these skills?

Our TemplateSBAC ModelSectionsTask SpecsText SetsScenariosProductsScaffolds

AdditionalNarrative and suggestions for inclusion in existing instructional frame.Getting StartedCompletion expectations1 Performance Task per person = 2 per grade level Fully developed and edited Detailed supports Recommendation: Pilot it and bring feedback

ContractSign it!Leave it with me. Ill send you a copy.

TimesheetGet help from school Lead Secretary or BookkeeperMust fill out one each monthMust NOT overlap hours with your regular school hours Must NOT overlap hours with paid extra-duty or other contract hoursGetting StartedTimesheet

NO! NO!Fist to 5 Self-AssessmentI CanExplain WHY Performance Tasks are valuable instructional and assessment structures for deep learning. List five key sections of Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks. Evaluate my course content for the most appropriate inclusion of Performance Tasks in units or learning arcs. Fill out a WCPSS time sheet accurately.

Choose 1 or 2 existing units from your courseConsider the Essential Questions or Big Picture connectionsWho in the real world would use these?How would these be related to an actual adult job?What are the political, economic, and societal implications? Bring ideas to next meeting We will write Task Specifications (p.10-11) using CCSS for LiteracyNext Steps

Thank you!Your Primary Contact

Sara OverbyCoordinating Teacher for Secondary Literacy

soverby@wcpss.net919-431-7571 (office)919-618-2881 (personal cell)

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Catherine TrudellSenior Administrator for High School English

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