Developing Performance-Based Assessments, Grades K-5

by Nancy P. Gallavan

• ISBN13: 9781412966092
• ISBN10: 1412966094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-19
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

"Use PBAs to design learning experiences that increase student engagement and achievement! "This book explains performance-based assessments (PBAs) in easy-to-understand terms and describes how to construct PBAs that measure learner performance effectively while allowing educators to align curriculum and instruction with students' needs. Using PBAs, teachers can engage students in the learning process, connect the learning to students' individual lives, and monitor learning outcomes. The author provides: Detailed and clear examples of performance-based assessmentsTools for assessment and guidelines for creating and using rubricsChecklists, frequently asked questions, graphic organizers, and activities to reinforce the content in each chapter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Examining the Many Purposes of Assessment Demystify

Performance-Based Assessments Define Performance-Based Assessments

Involve Learning Options and Opportunities Incorporate

Teaching Principles and Practices Meet Six Components of Assessment

Know Your Learners Reflect on Your Practices Clarify Functions of Learner

Achievement Picture the Continuous Flow of Assessment

Start With Assessments and Objectives Differentiate Assessment

From Evaluation Connect With Accountability

Know the Reasons for Selecting Your Assessments?

Planning Assessments to Promote Understanding

Use Formal and Informal Assessments Reflect on Understanding Conduct

Assessments at Multiple Times Consider All Kinds of Evidence

Become a Data-Driven Teacher Balance Quantitative

With Qualitative Data Itemize Criterion-Referenced Assessments

Describe Norm-Referenced Assessments Justify Validity and Reliability

Ensure Salience and Fairness Separate

Objectivity From Subjectivity Watch Out for Errors in Assessing

Visualize the Overall Process?

Collecting Baseline Data for Preassessments

Set Three Goals to Guide Your Preassessments

Know Where to Begin the Learning Plan Where to Begin

Your Teaching Establish a Foundation to Note

Progress Question Each of the Six Components of Assessment

Gather Baseline Data Be Aware of Your Rater Reliability Generate

Preassessment Ideas Investigate the Three Spheres of Learning Keep

Anecdotal Records Follow These Guidelines as You Preassess Realize

That Assessment Is a Continuous Process?

Aligning Appropriate Formative Assessments

Consider the Six Components of Assessment Design

Your Curriculum Start With the End Organize Outcomes and Coordinate Levels

Align Assessments With Curriculum and Instruction Develop

Your Assessments Include All Kinds of Questions Pose Powerful

Questions Try Socratic Questioning Follow Strategic Guidelines

Explore Cognition via Patterns of Thought Consider Sequential and Spatial Thinking

Promote Deductive and Inductive Thinking Remember

Divergent and Convergent Thinking Plan With Competence and Confidence?

Incorporating Learning, Feedback, and Correction Assign

Your Instruction and Activities Scaffold the Learning Spiral Prior

Learning Compact Learning Logically Integrate Learning

Across the Curriculum Offer Project-Based Learning

Explore Holistic Learning Try Constructivist Learning

Employ Multiple Instructional Strategies Consider

These Assessment Recommendations Optimize the Feedback Refine

Correction and Redirection Respond to Interventions Involve

Your Learners in the Process Have Fun With Formative Assessments

Administering Summative Assessments Diversify

Your Summative Assessments Write Meaningful and Purposeful Assessments

Prepare Learners for Summative Assessments Score Assessments

Objectively Organize Projects and Presentations Feature

Portfolios Understand Standardized Testing Set Your Sights on Five Essential

Guidelines Strive for Academic Rigor Promote Active Learning and Assessments

Ensure Authentic Outcomes Include Alternative Approaches

Showcase Achievement Continue the Assessment Cycle?

Identifying What to Assess

Inviting the Five Types of Inquiry and Information Introducing the Five Types of Inquiry

Note Immediate, Continuous, and Unending Learning Rely on Recognition and Recall Promote

Logic and Reasoning Analyze Skills and Applications

Demonstrate Productivity and Creativity

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