Learning Objectives:

  • I can design and implement rigorous high quality performance assessments.
  • I can modify or design a performance assessment resulting in a product of higher quality and improved cognitive rigor.
  • Within my local Professional Learning Community or Community of Practice, I can:
    • Evaluate alignment with critical performance assessment indicators.
    • Identify one or more indicators to focus deeply on.


Connect to your Professional Learning Community or Community of Practice:

Performance assessments should be viewed as part of a system of assessment and should be supported by policies, practices, and culture to make that system effective. Colorado educators have developed a set of recommendations.  in the areas of School Structures and Systems, Leadership and Professional Learning, Pedagogies, and School Culture to help guide local decision-making.

  • What pedagogical methods will best support learners in completing rigorous tasks?
  • What systems and structural shifts will be necessary to ensure students develop essential skills required by rigorous tasks?
  • What leadership and professional learning shifts will be necessary to build capacity in designing and implementing rigorous tasks with students?
  • What district/ school/ class cultural shifts will be necessary for students to fully engage in and be successful with rigorous tasks?


Learning Arc: