Ah - ssessment

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Ah - ssessment. Something that has been occupying a lot of my thoughts and energy lately. 

There are, undoubtedly, many, many important questions swirling about assessment - both formative and summative. 

Unfortunately, I can't offer answers to all of those important questions. Instead, I will share a resource that reflects some of what I believe to be important about assessment. 

Let me introduce you to DPI's work around performance tasks. 

Why do I value this work? 

• It results in an assessment in any content area that utilizes literacy in an authentic, meaningful, and engaging way. 
• It could create an assessment that could be used to measure the outcome of an SLO (student learning objective).
• It reflects the type of performance tasks students will be asked to complete on Smarter Balanced.
• It could be used to create common assessments.

Begin by checking out this list of criteria for designing performance tasks:

Next, use this sentence frame for creating a disciplinary literacy-based performance task.