Performance Assessment

Performance Assessment

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Term2.png PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Form of assessment that requires students to demonstrate their knowledge or skills by accomplishing specific tasks, such as constructing a response (e.g. solve math problems) or creating a product (e.g. woven a basket). Performance assessment is based on directly observable evidence of learning which might take the form of a portfolio, paper, speech, reading or any other well-defined action.


Benefits

  • It requires learners to actively demonstrate what they know
  • It simulates real world tasks
  • It requires thinking skills
  • It mixes different learning styles together (visual, mental, auditory…)
  • It provides a more complete picture of learners’ achievement
  • It can be used for diagnostic, instructional, and monitoring purposes
  • It has multiple correct answers [1]


See also: Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Peer-to-Peer Assessment, Performance, Summative Evaluation, Test Assessment



References

  1. http://pals.sri.com (22 May 2009), http://artswork.asu.edu (27 August 2009), www.nps.k12.nj.us (18 December 2009),