Using any device (iPad, laptop, smartphone), go to

Todaysmeet.com/PAAdmin and respond to the following:

Use no more than 140 characters to encapsulate a description of performance

assessment.

The Power of Performance Assessments

Heather Crouch, Instructional Technology IntegrationKirsten Maloney, AAP

Chris Powell, AAPEllie Stack, Special Education Instruction

Lisa Wooditch, Adapted Curriculum Specialist

Jot Thoughts

• Describe yourself in five words.

• Jot each descriptor on its own post-it note.

• Look for similarities at your table.

Today’s Goals

Deepen understanding regarding performance

assessment

Share available resources related to

performance assessment

Discuss ways for administrators to

support use of performance assessment

Survey says…Deepening understanding

Ainsworth and Viegut (2006) define performance assessments as:

An activity that requires students to:• construct a response, • create a product, or • perform a demonstration.

These tasks are often “open-ended” with more than one

correct answer, promoting critical thinking and

problem solving skills.

Deepening understanding

Data and Inter-rater reliability

Collaborative vs. Isolated • Anchor papers• Standardization activities• Discussion stems and starters to reinforce

protocol

What successes and challenges has your school experienced?

(Discussion Time: 3 Minutes)

Deepening understanding

“Performance assessments…offer a variety of ways for students to demonstrate what they know about content. These additional skills are related to attitude, creativity, ethics, perseverance, honesty, teamwork, sense of fair play, and many other behaviors and dispositions needed not only in the classroom, but also in the work force.” Sternberg, Robert J. (2007). Assessing what matters. Educational Leadership, 65 (4) 20-26.

Deepening understanding

Target Audience?Deepening understanding

Target Audience?Deepening understanding

Sarah’s Experience

• What types of practices and assessments encourage learning in this way?

Rows 1-2:

• What types of practices and assessments discourage learning in this way?

Rows 3-4:

• What types of structures can we employ to support teaching and assessing in this way?

Rows 5-6:

Today’s Goals

Deepen understanding regarding performance

assessment

Share available resources related to

performance assessment

Discuss ways for administrators to

support use of performance assessment

Developing and Supporting Skills

“21st century learning is not new but represents what our best educators have been teaching us for several centuries.”

--Jay Mathews (Schmoker, Focus p 25)

TPS and then post on Todaysmeet.com/PAAdmin

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Discussion

Collaborative Questions

1. In what ways can school administrators support successful implementation of performance assessments with their teams?

2. What are the drivers that need to be in place in order to have initial successes with teams that can model performance assessments?

Discussion

Performance Assessment Research

• http://performanceassessment.org/consequences/index.html

Today’s GoalsDeepen understanding regarding performance

assessment

Share available resources related to

performance assessment

Discuss ways for administrators to support

use of performance assessment

FCPS and Performance Assessment?• Mentoring Mathematical Minds (M2 and M3)• FCPS Math Performance Tasks• Document-Based Questions• Problem-Based Learning Units• Parallel Curriculum Model – (Practice)• Scenario-Based Projects, Questions, Quizzes• AP/IB Internal Assessments – Exams• IBMYP Monitoring of Assessment

Resources

Problem Based Learning Units

Examples

Explain how a crumple zone or air bag reduces the force on a body in a car during a crash. Use some example calculations and/or diagrams to support your answer.

What might be possible responses from students?

Resources

The Government has just announced a plan to make front air bags and side air bags compulsory in all cars. They then plan to allow drivers to drive at any speed they want. They claim that goods can then be delivered faster and the airbags will mean fewer people in hospitals. Do you think that this is a good plan? Justify your answer.

Resources

Examples

Audit assessmentResources

Resources on FCPS Google Share

Resources

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a

man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

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