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Justin Wells The Intersection Between Performance Assessment and Project-Based Learning
Justin Wells
The Intersection BetweenPerformance Assessment and
Project-Based Learning
Deeper Learning Driving Question(s)
How does performance assessment serve project-based learning? How does project-based learning serve performance assessment?
Deeper Learning Learning Target
I can improve my projects through well-defined and strategically placed performance assessments.
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What defines a performance assessment?
Permit Exam Driver’s Test
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a multiple-choice math quiz
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a lab report
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a job interview
PA, or not a PA? . . .
music audition
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a book report on Guns, Germs, and Steel
PA, or not a PA? . . .
research paper on ancient Greek drama
PA, or not a PA? . . .
student-written & performed tragedy
in Greek style
PA, or not a PA? . . .
•math quiz•music audition•a job interview•a lab report•book report onGun, Germs, & Steel
• research paper on ancient Greek drama
•student-written & performed tragedyin Greek style
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a job interview
I can do this job.
Long-Term Learning Target Task
I can do this job. job interview
I can design a scientific experiment.
a lab report
I can analyze primary historical sources.
a book report onGuns, Germs, and Steel
I understand what defines ancient Greek tragedy.
research paper on ancient Greek drama
I understand what defines ancient Greek tragedy.
student-written & performed tragedy
in ancient Greek style
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a job interview
I can do this job.
PA, or not a PA? . . .
a job interview
I can interview well.
performance assessment: a baseline definition
• product or performance
• application of targeted skill(s)
Practice: Design some performance assessments
that align with a learning target.
1. Pick an important skill in your course.
2. Frame it as an “I can” statement. 3. Sketch out three different
performance assessments that would measure your intended outcome.
1. Take this sloppy passage; make it 25% shorter without losing any meaning.
2. Review the comments you received on your paper; resubmit a revised draft that addresses those comments.
3. Save at least three versions of a paper between first and final draft; write a one-page reflection on how the differences between drafts demonstrate your two or more of the revision techniques we’ve studied.
I can revise writing.
What’s the relationship between project-based learning and performance assessment?
Performance assessment is assessment based on observation and judgment; we look at a performance or product and make a judgment as to its quality.
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”— Rick Stiggins, Assessment Guru
A project is a unit of instruction that culminates in a rigorous product or performance that is led by an essential question and incorporates fundamental elements such as student choice, inquiry and an authentic audience.
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”— Envision College Success Portfolio
PBLPA do
productor
performance
evaluation learning process
target skills
practiceskills
challenge inquiryengage
PBL PA
the challengejourney to
success
Inferno Mosaic Retelling Project
Your Tasks
1. Proposal
2. Art piece (w/explanatory essay of artistic choices)
3. Scene Script (one per group)
4. Exhibition Performance (w/memorized passage)
5. Literary Analysis Essay
Your Task• Proposal
• First draft of art piece
• Thematic Scene Group Script
• Memorized Passage
• Final Essayhttp://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/utopia/gallery/0208gate.jpg
PBL PA
the challengejourney to
success
PUBLICPRODUCT
CHALLENGING PROBLEM OR QUESTION
SUSTAINED INQUIRY
AUTHENTICITY
STUDENTVOICE & CHOICE
CRITIQUE & REVISION
REFLECTION
ESSENTIAL PROJECT DESIGN ELEMENTS
GOLD S TA N D A R D PBL
KEYKNOWLEDGE,
UNDERSTANDING,& SUCCESS
SKILLS
The Six A’s of PBL
‣ Authenticity‣ Academic Rigor‣ Applied Learning‣ Active Exploration‣ Adult Connections‣ Assessment Practices
Adria Steinberg's 6 A's of PBL
Good reviews of PBL technique:
• BIE’s gold standard
• High Tech High’s Teacher Guide to PBL
• Steinberg’s 6 A’s
PBL must always justify itself.
Framing your own “challenge” and “journey to success”
PBL PA
the challengejourney to
success
PBL PA
target & task needed PBL
practices
What have you learned?
• one take-away • one puzzle
TheCourse
Project
ProjectPerf.Task
UnitPerf.TaskPerf.Task
ProjectPerf.Task
ProjectPerf.TaskPerf.Task
Performance Assessment Planning Template
performance assessment
1. the outcome(s)2. how to demonstrate
the outcome3. how to measure
the outcome{
“learning target”
“task”
“rubric”
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