Performance+assessments

=[|Edutopia article about assessment]= =Advantages=
 * Is authentic in nature
 * Assesses the process skills instead of knowledge
 * Requires collaboration to make a successful measurement
 * Encourages risk taking and possibly failure - this is really the only way we learn and grow
 * Agreed upon criteria is know in advance
 * Students actively demonstrate what they know
 * Improves instruction of knowledge and soft skills required to meet standards as difficulties and learning progress are ongoing
 * Students use higher levels of knowledge and show greater interest when facts are organized around big concepts or ideas
 * Can lead to less lecturing and more thinking
 * Allows for differentiation

=Disadvantages=
 * Need a risk-free environment
 * Reflection required to analyze and self-correct
 * Requires more time and planning
 * More time is spent also in coaching students individually
 * May not be equitable (technology)
 * Students good at memorizing are intimidated by this

=Examples=
 * Open ended questions
 * Actual doing of material (designing and carrying out an assignment, applying math concepts to building design)
 * Portfolios
 * Performance assessments in [|Science]

=Resources= http://www.intranet.cps.k12.il.us/assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/8658/