The document discusses performance assessment tasks which are used to evaluate learners' competencies and demonstrate their mastery. These tasks provide credentials to document that learners have achieved performance standards. Performance assessment tasks should include details like the targeted competency, directions for learners and evaluators, scenarios or prompts, scoring standards, rating scales, and scoring guides.

1. WIDS Workshop
Lisa Banks
Robert Benard

2. Performance assessment tasks are designated
to validate a learner’s competence. They
serve as a tool for evaluating a specific
competency or set of competencies, allowing
the learner to demonstrate mastery.

3. You already have created performance
standards for your competencies. Now it is
time to put them to work! The performance
assessment task or assignment provides the
credential that documents learner
achievement.

4. 1. Target Competency
2. Directions
3. Directions to Evaluator (optional)
4. Scenario/Prompt (optional)
5. Scoring Standard (optional)
6. Rating Scale (optional)
7. Scoring Guide