Performance Assessment: Showing What Students Know and Can Do

by Susan M. Brookhart

Overview

Learn how to show students the true purpose and value of their learning with well-designed performance assessment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941112656
Publisher:	Learning Sciences International
Publication date:	06/10/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Susan M. Brookhart, Ph.D., is an independent educational consultant and author based in Helena, Montana. Dr. Brookhart's interests include the role of both formative and summative classroom assessment in student motivation and achievement, the connection between classroom assessment and large-scale assessment, and grading. She was the 2007-2009 editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, a journal of the National Council on Measurement in Education. She is author or co-author of 16 books and more than 60 articles and book chapters on classroom assessment, teacher professional development, and evaluation. She serves on the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Brookhart received her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Evaluation from The Ohio State University, after teaching in both elementary and middle schools. She was a full-time faculty member at Duquesne University, most recently as Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership. She currently serves as a Research and Professional Development Consultant in the Center for Advancing the Study of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education at Duquesne.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

About the Author xi

Introduction: What Is Performance Assessment? 1

Chapter 1 Match Performance Assessment to Learning Outcomes: Task Design 17

Chapter 2 Match Performance Assessment to Learning Outcomes: Rubric Design 37

Chapter 3 Performance Assessment of Simple Processes 63

Chapter 4 Performance Assessment of Simple Products 71

Chapter 5 Performance Assessment of Complex Processes 85

Chapter 6 Performance Assessment of Complex Products 93

Chapter 7 What About Group Work? 107

Chapter 8 Making Performance Assessment a Routine Part of Your Instruction 115

Resource A The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy 127

Resource B Description of Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels by Subject 133

Resource C Assessment Templates 139

Glossary 145

References 147

Index 151