The document describes an authentic assessment framework called GRASPS that consists of 6 components: (G) Goal, (R) Role, (A) Audience, (S) Situation, (P) Product/Performance, and (S) Standards for Success. It then provides two examples of how to apply this framework to design assessments. The first example involves modeling hurricane path predictions. The second example tasks students with designing a new playground that reflects local culture and uses patterns.

1. Designing Authentic Assessments
Using G.R.A.S.P.S.
(Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product, Standards)

2.  Goal
 Role
 Audience
 Situation
 Product, performance, and purpose
 Standards and criteria for success
Grasps
Wiggins & McTigh

3. Goal:
Your task is
___________________
or
The goal is to
_________________
Key Concept
Related
Concepts
Statement of
Inquiry
Copy your statement of inquiry
EXACTLY
into ONE of the starters below:

4. ROLE:
You are________________
AUDIENCE:
The audience is _____
SITUATION:
The context you find
yourself in is _____________
PRODUCT/PERFORMANCE:
You will create a _________ in
order to __________________
You need to develop _______
so that __________________

5. Success. (This is not the place to use ONLY MYP criteria, but also CCSS and
criteria for what the teacher would like in terms of their own expectations)
– Your performance needs to _____________
– Your work will be judged by _____________
Standards
for
Success

6. (G) The goal is for students to understand that patterns may represent
relationships in order to model and analyze their behavior.
(R) You are a meteorologist who analyses geographic data to determine if cities
need to be evacuated.
(A) You work for the Weather Channel, specializing in detailing the likely paths of
hurricanes and the dangers it presents to specific cities.
(S) A hurricane is about to hit the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and evacuation
notices may need to be given.
(P) You will create a written report for the Weather Channel and will present your
findings.
(S) Your report needs to include the two graphs (longitude vs. time and latitude vs.
time) with detailed calculations of the lines of best fit, predictions of where the
hurricane will be in 6 and 12 hours and suggestions as to which cities may need
evacuating. You will be judged by Criterion B & Criterion C in Mathematics.

7. Goal: Innovative relationships founded in pattern define the
artistry of a culture.
Role: You are a playground architect specialist.
Audience: Your target audience is children up to the age of 8 years old and
the school planning committee.
Situation: The context that you find yourself in is that there is a pre-
existing space and the equipment is all very old.
Product: As a class, you will plan a completely new playground space.
Each student will then design one piece of equipment that will fit in
the space. The playground must reflect the culture of your local
environment and must include a special entrance that is defined by
pattern.
Standards for Success: This task will be judged by criteria A & B in
Mathematics.

8. (G) The goal is for students to understand that patterns may represent
relationships in order to model and analyze their behavior.
(R) You are a meteorologist who analyses geographic data to determine if cities
need to be evacuated.
(A) You work for the Weather Channel, specializing in detailing the likely paths of
hurricanes and the dangers it presents to specific cities.
(S) A hurricane is about to hit the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and evacuation
notices may need to be given.
(P) You will create a written report for the Weather Channel and will present your
findings.
(S) Your report needs to include the two graphs (longitude vs. time and latitude vs.
time) with detailed calculations of the lines of best fit, predictions of where the
hurricane will be in 6 and 12 hours and suggestions as to which cities may need
evacuating. You will be judged by Criterion B & Criterion C in Mathematics.

9. Goal: Innovative relationships founded in pattern define the
artistry of a culture.
Role: You are a playground architect specialist.
Audience: Your target audience is children up to the age of 8 years old and
the school planning committee.
Situation: The context that you find yourself in is that there is a pre-
existing space and the equipment is all very old.
Product: As a class, you will plan a completely new playground space.
Each student will then design one piece of equipment that will fit in
the space. The playground must reflect the culture of your local
environment and must include a special entrance that is defined by
pattern.
Standards for Success: This task will be judged by criteria A & B in
Mathematics.

10. Looking at your GRASPS, how
is this statement true?
“Children most often learn through playing a ‘junior
version’ of the real thing”
— David Perkins, from Making Learning Whole, 2014