This presentation is about a type of evaluation that teachers could used with their pupils.

1. PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENT

2. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION?
 Per formance-based assessments represents a set of
strategies for the application of knowledge, ski l ls and work
habits through the per formance of tasks that are meaningful
and engaging to student.
 This type of assessment provides teachers with information
about how a chi ld understands and appl ies knowledge.

3. WHY IS IT USED?
 Per formance assessment are used to:
Have students demonstrate their understanding of a concept
or topic by applying their knowledge to a par ticular situation.
Actively demonstrate what they know.
Demonstrate how ef fectively they can put the pieces together
in ways simi lar to how information is used.

4. HOW IS IT USED?
The steps to use a per formance assessment are the fol lowing:
 1° Defining the purpose.
 2° Choosing the activity.
There are some things that you must take into account before you
choose the act ivi ty:
 Time const raints
 Avai labi l i ty of resources in the classroom.
 3° Defining the criteria.
You need to def ine which elements of the project determine the success of
the student´s per formance

5.  4° Creating per formance rubric.
You need to evaluate the per formance in a way that you can determine at
what level of prof iciency a student is able to per form a task or display
knowledge of a concept .
The creat ion of a rubr ic depends
of the type of per formance that we use.
JOURNALS

6. Letters

7. Oral repor ts

8. Original stories

9. Oral interview

10. Skit

11. Poetry recitations

12. Puppet show

13. HOW IS IT EVALUATED?
There are several dif ferent ways to record the results of
per formance-based assessment. (Airasian,1991;Stiggins,1994)
*Checkl ist approach. (Use to indicate whether or not cer tain elements
are present in the per formances) .
*Nar rat ive/anecdotal approach. (To determine how wel l students met
thei r standards) .
*Rat ing scale approach.
*Memory approach. ( teachers obser ve students ´ per forming wi thout
taking any notes to determine whether or not the students were
successful . (This approach is not recommended) .
*Also with rubrics.