Performance-Based Assessment for 21st-Century Skills

by Todd Stanley

Performance-based assessments allow classroom teachers an alternative to traditional multiple-choice tests. We often use fill-in-the bubble assessments in education to determine the readiness of students. However, in the 21st-century workplace, these types of tests fail to truly prepare students. How many times in the real world are we called upon to take a multiple-choice test? In the real world, we are called upon to prove our merit through performance-based assessments, displaying our 21st-century skills. We should be preparing students for this in the classroom. Performance-Based Assessment for 21st-Century Skills makes the argument that teachers should use performance-based assessments in the classroom. It guides the educator step by step to show how he or she can create performance-based assessments for students, including what they look like, teaching students how to create them, setting the proper classroom environment, and how to evaluate them.

Genres: Teaching

214 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2014

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a gifted intervention specialist I find this book beneficial to all classroom teachers. With performance-based assessments being an essential part of teaching with the new standards, this book provides practical advice for novice and experts. Using this book teachers will be able to create assessments that are challenging for learners of all levels, interesting to students and relevant to the real world. This book provides specific examples and the templates make it convenient for the reader to create new assessments as well. A great resource for every teacher!