Understanding Performance Tasks in ELA and Mathematics Assessments, Lecture notes of Mathematics

Download Understanding Performance Tasks in ELA and Mathematics Assessments and more Lecture notes Mathematics in PDF only on Docsity! Performance Task Overview Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Introduction What Is a Performance Task? ELA and Mathematics Online Assessment Classroom Activity Performance Task CAT PERFORMANCE TASK (PT) • Portion of the test that requires students to answer a set of complex questions centered on a common topic or problem :| PERFORMANCE TASK KNOWLEDGE + SKILLS  PERFORMANCE TASK OES rele) an Activity u Performance Task L a What is a performance task? Introduction to Performance Tasks • Measure capacities such as depth of understanding, research and writing skills, and/or complex analysis with relevant evidence • Designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge and higher- order thinking skills to explore and analyze a complex, real-world scenario M at he m at ic s E LA E xp ec ta ti on s What is a performance task? ELA In ELA, performance tasks require students to integrate research and writing to inform/explain, to narrate, or to support an opinion/argument for a designated audience. M at he m at ic s E xp ec ta ti on s E LA What is a performance task? • Student is expected to work more extensively with the test materials, such as – informational sources – research articles – tables of data M at he m at ic s E LA E xp ec ta ti on s Classroom Activity The Online Test Administration Manual includes a section about accessibility features and defines accessibility options that may be implemented during the Classroom Activity for students with disabilities and English learners. Classroom Activity Guidance for Needs-Specific Accessibility Options CLASSROOM ACTIVITY • Takes place before students engage in the performance task • Is administered separately for both ELA and mathematics • Is the same activity for the entire class • Is not scored CLASSROOM ACTIVITY • Designed to be completed in approximately thirty minutes • In a group setting by a certified teacher or other instructional staff • No more than three days before the student takes the online performance task • ELA — Classroom Activity should be on a different day than the performance task. • No information should be added or provided outside the directions and information provided. CLASSROOM ACTIVITY— Administration ELA Performance Task Examples To review these and other examples in more detail, please visit the online Practice Tests. PERFORMANCE TASK Before the ELA Performance Task: Classroom Activity ELA Classroom Activity Technology of the Future ELA Performance Task Robots Classroom Activity Individually Administered Performance Task Within 3 days PERFORMANCE TASK ELA Performance Task — After the Classroom Activity • Students work independently, without discussion, on different secure tasks. • There are two parts to the individually administered ELA task: – Part 1: Research – Part 2: Writing • Administer the two parts in two sessions. What happens next: ELA Performance Task — After the Classroom Activity • In Part 1, students are given a set of two or more sources to be used on both parts of the test. • Information may be in the form of informational or argumentative articles, research articles, charts, or other sources. What happens next: ELA Performance Task Questions Example Question 1 1) The student is asked to explain appropriate evidence from a variety of sources. ELA Performance Task Questions Example Question 2 2) The student is asked to explain evidence that supports the given statement. Questions: 4 =» G6 ELA Performance Task (3 out of 4) >) (a Back Next Save Pause Student Directions Robots Narrative Performance Task Task: Your school's technology club is building a new website. The club sponsor is also your English teacher, and he has encouraged everyone to research a topic related to technology for an upcoming project. Since you saw a movie about robots recently, you want to know more about what real robots can do. During your research, you have found three articles about robots. After you have reviewed these sources, you will answer some questions about them. Briefly scan the sources and the three questions that follow. Then, go back _ « Hi, r (State-SSID: GUEST) 2 w) (@) (@) @ Dictionary Notes Zoom Out Zoom In Student Directions Robots Narrative Performance Part 2: You will now review your notes and ‘ revise, and edit your writing. You may to the sources. Now read your assior about how your writing will be sco: Nee pian, draft, notes and refer ‘he information our work. Your Assignment: Your technology club is rea English teacher is making, your part in the project, y is several paragraphs lq a robot of your own. In your story, you ha excited to turn it on ¢ to turn on the robot. V When writing your story, details from the sources \ develop your character(s), A Mathematics Performance Task Examples Before the Math Performance Task: Classroom Activity Mathematics Classroom Activity Food Baskets Mathematics Performance Task Example Mathematics Performance Task Facilitator Directs Students: In the Classroom Activity for this performance task, the teacher or facilitator leads the students through an activity that familiarizes them with the context in which a food basket would be used and how individual foods are selected for inclusion based on certain nutritional requirements or needs. Math Performance Task Questions The student has the opportunity to use the tools to help complete the task. Mathematics Performance Task Questions The set of questions in the mathematics performance task is designed to give students a coherent picture of how mathematics is used to plan and make decisions in the real world. Administration, Timing, and Sequencing PERFORMANCE TASKS Performance Task Classroom Activity Continue and complete, but report as an irregularity. ADMINISTRATION SEQUENCE AND TIMING Outlines the number and duration of: • Sessions • Breaks • Total assessment Don’t forget these details • There are no pause rules for the performance task. • Students can take breaks during the administration of the performance task but will be automatically logged out after twenty minutes in a paused state or thirty minutes of inactivity. • For mathematics, students can access the same items after a break. • For ELA, students have access to the items within either Part 1 or Part 2. PERFORMANCE TASK — Pausing PERFORMANCE TASK Tools Global Notes — ELA • Used only for the ELA PT (not math). • Global Notes is an online embedded universal tool. • Notes are retained from Part 1 to Part 2. – A student taking Part 2 of the ELA PT may refer back to the notes even though the student is not able to go back to the research questions in Part 1. • Preferred mode for note taking PERFORMANCE TASK Tools Scratch Paper — ELA • Students may choose to use scratch paper to make notes in ELA. • Collect scratch paper at completion of Part 1 of the ELA performance task and store securely until Part 2. • After administration, all scratch paper must be securely destroyed in adherence to test security procedures.