Designing and using performance tasks : enhancing student learning and assessment / Tracey K. Shiel

Introduction --
Chapter 1: The Lasting Power of Performance Tasks --
Chapter 2: Building the Base: Beginning with the End in Mind --
Chapter 3: Building the Base: Learning Progressions --
Chapter 4: Building the base: Going SOLO! --
Chapter 5: Performance Task Attributes --
Chapter 6: Scoring Guides, aka Rubrics --
Chapter 7: Implementation Considerations.

With waves of high-stakes assessments rolling through the education waters, many educators feel tied to teaching to the test. But there is a bright side. With the increased attention on assessment outlined in The Every Student Succeeds Act comes a surge of interest in designing performance-based tasks--an important key in unlocking your students' readiness for career and college. Designing and Using Performance Tasks: Enhancing Student Learning and Assessment walks you step-by-step through the process of incorporating performance tasks as a tool to teach, monitor, and extend student learning. This book will help you make instructional decisions based on student performance of learning tasks; learn all about the different kinds of performance tasks and the benefits of each; Incorporate learning progressions as an integral part of planning performance tasks; Close the "knowing-doing" gap by focusing on considerations for successful implementation. If you're ready to engage your students in unique and innovative ways, grab a copy of this book to guide you and your students in applying their learning - and your teaching - to real-world situations. -- Provided by publisher.