Instructionally relevant assessment systems: What is the role of performance assessments?
Instructionally relevant assessment systems: What is the role of performance assessments?
Aneesha Badrinarayan
TLDR
What features of performance assessments make them particularly compelling to system leaders who are centering instructional impact in their assessment system design are discussed and what features are intended to be used as part of assessment designs that generate trustworthy and comparable student scores are highlighted.
Abstract
This report defines performance assessments and discusses what features of performance assessments make them particularly compelling to system leaders who are centering instructional impact in their assessment system design. It also discusses major features of performance assessments that are intended to be used as part of assessment designs that generate trustworthy and comparable student scores. Finally, it highlights existing systems that leverage performance assessments as part of high-stakes assessment designs.