[The ELA Performance Tasks] are meant to measure capacities such as depth of understanding, writing and research skills, and complex analysis, which can not be adequately assessed with
traditional assessment questions.
Not exact matches
Traditional comprehension
assessments might have asked students to read a passage and answer two simple
questions.
However, I had a breakthrough moment with one particular student who had been struggling to demonstrate mastery and understanding with
traditional assessments like free response and document - based
questions.
A teacher who originally was thinking on doing public speaking as a more
traditional assessment, but when he asks the
question, «What will count as evidence of learning?»
Anderson explains that formative
assessment and feedback both assist in the answering of three essential
questions for teacher and student alike, no matter whether it's eLearning or
traditional learning.
Summative
assessments: For example, tests that allow for visual, interactive or other responses as an alternative to
traditional testing
questions; performance - based
assessments that showcase knowledge, process and thinking; portfolios, videos or competency - based
assessments that can be completed and evaluated when students feel ready; and tools that differentiate for students of differing abilities.
Instead of molding to the
traditional «fill in the bubble» format, some of the Common Core
assessments will be administered on computers and feature more open - ended
questions.
So the
assessment could include psychometric tests, technical tests and screening
questions, as well as a more
traditional, competency - based interview.