Performance-Based Assessment
I was recently reading the March/April 2024 issue of \u201cScience Scope,\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.
In this issue, I read the \u201cInterdisciplinary Ideas\u201d section written by Katie Coppens.\xa0 She wrote an article entitled, \u201cDesigning Performance-Based Assessments That Engage!\u201d
Rather than stressful, an assessment should feel like a celebration of learning for students.\xa0 Performance-based assessments allow students to demonstrate their understanding of one or more standards by accomplishing tasks that are engaging and flexible in how students approach them.\xa0 In addition to seeing students\u2019 scientific knowledge, teachers get a better sense of their students\u2019 interests and strengths that they bring to each open-ended assignment.\xa0 The author then shared an example of a performance-based assignment based on the Flint Water Crisis.