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The intent of Learning Standards is to articulate clear results,
results that help to prioritize what to teach and how to structure assessment.
Such information in turn supports student learning. These components
are key to designing performance assessment tasks that can serve a number of purposes:
1) diagnose student needs, 2) determine the effectiveness of
instructional practices ,
3) gather data for grading/reporting, 4) serve as a teaching tool by engaging students
in the evaluation of their own work. (R. Stiggins)
On the backside of this newsletter is an example of a performance task design process
developed by the Maryland Assessment Consortium. The template is intended
to guide teachers in the process of designing performance tasks that are coherent and
concise.
The example below is a modified version being used to guide instruction for
some of our students who are learning decoding skills.
| READING | WRITING | LISTENING/SPEAKING | |
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| ELA Standard (2) | Students will read accurately and fluently, using phonics and context cues to determine pronunciation and meaning | Students will create their own stories using the elements of the literature they have read and appropriate vocabulary | Students will take turns speaking and respond to others' ideas in conversations on familiar topics |
| Student Performance/Product | Read simple, brief stories | Create a Web-based story guided by "Wh" questions | Retell a story |
| Evaluative Criteria |
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