Phase 2 - Developing Performance Assessments

Charge & Purpose

The work of the Content Collaboratives is intended to support effective instructional practice by providing high quality examples of assessment and how assessment information is used to promote student learning.

The new Colorado Academic Standards require students to apply content knowledge using extended conceptual thinking and 21st century skills. Performance assessments have the highest capacity to not only measure student mastery of the standards but also provide the most instructionally relevant information to educators. Further, performance assessments can integrate multiple standards within and across content areas, providing educators a comprehensive perspective of student knowledge and giving students the opportunity to demonstrate the degree to which they understand and transfer their knowledge.

Performance Assessment
An assessment based on observation and judgment. It has two parts: the task and the criteria for judging quality. Students complete a task (give a demonstration or create a product) and it is evaluated by judging the level of quality using a rubric. Examples of demonstrations include playing a musical instrument, carrying out the steps in a scientific experiment, speaking a foreign language, reading aloud with fluency, repairing an engine, or working productively in a group. Examples of products can include writing an essay, producing a work of art, writing a lab report, etc. (Pearson Training Institute, 2011)


Phase 2 of the work of the Content Collaboratives will focus on the training, development, trialing, and scoring of performance assessments aligned to the Colorado Academic Standards. Each Content Collaborative will review their Gap Report that resulted from the Phase 1 work to determine the most appropriate grade levels and standards on which to focus the performance assessment work. Performance assessments and related protocols developed during Phase 2 of the work of the Content Collaboratives will be made available in the CDE Resource Bank in September 2013.
 

For additional information, contact Angela Norlander, 303-866-6931, norlander_a@cde.state.co.us

Dates & Presentations

Meeting 1
March 5 - 6, 2013
Hilton Antlers – Colorado Springs
4 South Cascade Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Agenda

 

Meeting 2 - TBD

Meetings are open to the public for observation