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Riverside COE November 21, 2014 Gina Koency Senior Assessment Fellow

Introduction to Performance Tasks. Riverside COE November 21, 2014 Gina Koency Senior Assessment Fellow. Purpose. To familiarize participants with the purpose, content, format, and use of Performance Tasks (PTs). Small Group Activity/Discussion. Why are PTs important?

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Riverside COE November 21, 2014 Gina Koency Senior Assessment Fellow

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  1. Introduction to Performance Tasks Riverside COENovember 21, 2014Gina KoencySenior Assessment Fellow

  2. Purpose To familiarize participants with the purpose, content, format, and use of Performance Tasks (PTs).

  3. Small Group Activity/Discussion Why are PTs important? How would you define a PT? Write your definition.

  4. PTs • Key component of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP): • Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment (English-language arts and mathematics) • Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments • Smarter Balanced Digital Library

  5. PTs • Part of the assessments forthcoming: • Alternate assessments • Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

  6. PTs • Key to informing instruction: • Give teachers insight into student thinking and reasoning. • Provide information about student learning while it is happening (formative assessment).

  7. PTs • Key to informing instruction: • Demonstrate student ability to use and integrate learned information. • Engage students in real-world situations. • Are models for high-quality instruction.

  8. Small Group Activity/Discussion Smarter Balanced Sample Items and Performance Tasks Frequently Asked Questions Smarter Balanced Performance Task Specifications • Find and highlight the Smarter Balanced PT definition. How does this definition compare with the one you wrote earlier?

  9. PTs PTs are extended activities that measure a student’s ability to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards – which is a key component of college and career readiness. PTs are better measures of capacities such as depth of understanding, research skills, and complex analysis, which cannot be adequately assessed with select or many constructed-response items.

  10. Small Group Activity/Discussion “General Guidelines for the Development of Performance Tasks” (page 2) of Smarter Balanced Performance Task Specifications • Carefully review the characteristics of PTs. What are the most important ideas reflected in this list of characteristics?

  11. Small Group Activity/Discussion Use the characteristics of PTs and apply them to review Yellowstone’s Changing Ecosystem, Middle School Performance Task. • How well does this PT meet each of these characteristics? • How would you revise this PT?

  12. English Learners, Students with Disabilities, and Both • Consider Smarter Balanced Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations. • Integrate these into the PTs and classroom instruction and assessment practices. • Ensure consistency in the use of tools, support, and accommodations across all assessment experiences for identified students.

  13. PT Rubrics and Scoring • Consider Smarter Balanced rubrics and scoring guidelines. • Build in time for teachers to develop rubrics and score PTs. • Build in time for teachers to discuss the results of their scoring and determine next steps. • Interim Assessment PTs will be locally scored.

  14. PT Online Resources • Illustrative Mathematics http://illustrativemathematics.org • Los Angeles Unified School District http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/teachers/SamplePerfTsks.pdf • Smarter Balanced “Scoring Guide for ELA Full Writes” http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Smarter-Balanced-Scoring-Guide-for-ELA-Full-Writes.pdf

  15. PT Online Resources • Smarter Balanced “Scoring Guide for Selected Short-Text Mathematics Items” http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Smarter-Balanced-Scoring-Guide-for-Selected-Short-Text-Mathematics-Items.pdf

  16. PT Online Resources • NAEP http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx/ • NovoEd http://novoed.com • Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org

  17. PT Online Resources • Smarter Balanced Digital Library http://www.smarterbalancedlibrary.org • Next Generation Science Standards – Sample Classroom Assessment Tasks http://www.nextgenscience.org/resources

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