Designing and Using Performance Tasks: Enhancing Student Learning and Assessment

(1) A step-by-step guide to developing and implementing performance tasks in the classroom as a means to teach, monitor and extend student learning (2) Fosters the application of learning intentions and success criteria generated from the new state standards and provides feedback to teachers to make instructional decisions based on student performance of the learning tasks. (3) Incorporates learning progressions as an integral part of the planning process and the development of performance tasks (4) Helps close the “knowing-doing gap” by focusing on what needs to be considered for successful implementation starting with classroom organization and management. (5) Includes a number of examples of performance task components at different grade levels and content areas to demonstrate a variety of performance task possibilities and jump start readers' creativity.