Performance assessments ask students to think and do and are tightly connected to curriculum and instruction. In this 5 session series, we will focus on using literacy and content-rich performance assessments that engage all students in investigating past and present. The series will guide teachers in developing or adapting a performance task for their classroom, implementing that task, and then revising that task using student work and teacher reflection. It is intended for teams of teachers but is also appropriate for individuals. Educators who share an instructional focus, such as grade-level, civic engagement, or historical argumentation, will have opportunities to create working groups to support each other through this series.
The first session will be guided by the questions:
-What is performance assessment and how does it meet today’s educational challenges?
-How do we use performance assessments in our classrooms to meet our teaching goals?
The first session will be October 21, 2021, subsequent sessions are currently planned for November 18, 2021, January 20, 2022, and March 31, 2022 and a date TBD in April 2022.
We will add more details regarding topics and guest speakers and presenters soon.
Register here.
Download flyer (still to be updated) here.
This series is supported by CARES Act funding.
