Intro to Performance Assessments: Tasks and Rubrics 101
Performance Assessments
K-12 Educators who are new to using Performance Assessments
Monday, 05 October 2020
October 05
October 05, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Since 2007, the VaSCL Test & Task Bank has been a valued shared resource for our members. Educators from member divisions have come together every year to continue to expand and improve the bank, creating technology enhanced, constructed response, and multiple-choice items, as well as performance tasks and rubrics, which can be used by VaSCL school divisions to provide instructional support for teachers in assessing and remediating students. Educators who have participated in the Test & Task Bank Meetings have been proud of the work that they produced, and they have also been very pleased to be part of an ongoing Professional Learning Community made up of instructional leaders from across Virginia, with whom they can discuss pedagogical challenges and share successful instructional strategies.
During the 2020-2021 school year, rather than continuing the work of creating new assessments for the Test and Task Bank, VaSCL is offering a series of FREE virtual workshops, which will give ALL VaSCL educators the opportunity to explore how the fantastic resources that are available in the VaSCL Test & Task Bank, as well as discussions with colleagues about pedagogical issues, can help improve both instruction and assessment in virtual and blended classrooms.
During some of the VaSCL TTB Workshops, participants will explore how using Performance Assessments from the VaSCL Task Bank can provide students with engaging experiences that lead to deeper learning and more authentic work. Other TTB Workshops will focus on how Items from the VaSCL Test Bank can be used to help educators – especially when they don’t have the normal clues provided in a face-to-face classroom setting – make data-driven decisions on instruction and remediation that will enable all of their students to succeed.
The main goal of all of the different VaSCL TTB: Sharing Instructional and Assessment Strategies and Resources Virtual Workshops will be to give ALL VaSCL educators – at NO CHARGE – the opportunity to collaborate and share tools and strategies that they are finding to be successful in addressing the challenges they are facing in providing effective and engaging virtual and blended learning to their students.
This workshop will explore the criteria for developing a high-quality Performance Assessment and how tasks and rubrics can be integrated into instruction. Participants will be provided with VaSCL developed samples of performance tasks and rubrics and then use the VDOE Performance Task Development Cycle, the Quality Criterion Review Tool, and Common Rubrics to analyze these tasks and adapt them for local use. At the end of the session, participants will have an opportunity to select performance tasks from the VaSCL Task Bank or use locally developed alternative assessments of their own to pilot during the first semester. Participants will be invited to a follow-up “Office Hours” session, on January 25, 2021, during which they can share their feedback and examples of student work, as well as discuss their experiences with integrating performance tasks into their instruction.
Participants need to register separately for each virtual workshop in which they would like to participate.
When registration has been successfully submitted, an email will be sent to the confirmation email address(es) provided in the registration.
Participants will receive an email with event details 2-3 days before the workshop, with the link to participate in the virtual workshop.
There is NO CHARGE for participation.
VaSCL Members are given priority for participation; however, educators from divisions which are not members of VaSCL are welcome to participate (for free) if space is available.
If you have questions or concerns, or would like to receive more information about this conference, please contact our Workshop Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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