Session: Keeping It Real: How to Create Authentic Performance Tasks in the Urban Middle and High School Classroom
Presenters: Victoria Abdulla, Colleen Wygal
Description:
In this make and take double session, teachers will be given the foundational principles of performance assessment, AND
they will also be given a functional toolkit to create such assessments for themselves. The first half of the session will be
spent learning what goes into making a performance assessment using the McTighe GRASP method, a study of the
validity/reliability/authenticity continuum, rubric design, and a review of the various kinds of performance tasks. The second
half of this session will be a time where teachers transform their current unit assessments into authentic, rigorous, and
engaging performance tasks for students, and allow them a time to differentiate these tasks to help them meet all learner
needs. With a focus on culturally relevant design, teachers will be given the opportunity to build performance experiences
for students that engage them, and allow them to create products that matter to THEM, and matter beyond an academic
setting. This session will be applicable to every teacher at every content in the middle and high school level.
Grade Levels: 6-12
Format: Make and Take
Number of Participants: 0-100
Areas of Focus: Pedagogy and Instructional Design, Performance Assessment