Assessment Development Framework

Assessment Framework. This framework provides a process for assessing students knowledge and skills. A corner stone of the assessment framework in the performance assessment, a classroom assessment tool teachers use to determine deeper levels of student understanding that cannot be obtained through other assessment methods such as multiple choice and short- and even extended-response items. Other assessment methods have their place in a teacher’s toolbox, PBA provides both teachers and students with a measure of the extent to which the student has deep understanding of important and challenging learning goals set in realistic contexts. This site is intended to provide teachers and instructional leaders with resources that support the effective use of PBA instructionally as well as the development of other forms of assessments to create a "photo album" that represents the knowledge and skills of students. 

This presentation provides a more detailed look at the assessment framework.