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Nature of Performance-Based Assessments

This chapter provides an overview of performance-based assessments. It discusses that performance assessments observe and judge students' demonstrations of skills or competencies through products, responses, or presentations. They are an alternative to traditional tests and allow students to show creative aspects of what they know and can do. Some examples of performance tasks are problem-solving, inquiries, determining positions, demonstrations, exhibits, and presentations. While performance assessments identify learning targets and allow students to show skills, they also have distinct limitations.

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Nature of Performance-Based Assessments

This chapter provides an overview of performance-based assessments. It discusses that performance assessments observe and judge students' demonstrations of skills or competencies through products, responses, or presentations. They are an alternative to traditional tests and allow students to show creative aspects of what they know and can do. Some examples of performance tasks are problem-solving, inquiries, determining positions, demonstrations, exhibits, and presentations. While performance assessments identify learning targets and allow students to show skills, they also have distinct limitations.

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Chapter 3:

Nature of
performance-based
assessments
Angelias, Chantal
Buloron, Ana rose
Lagrana, Jeanine
Overview
This chapter gives an introduction
to Performance Assessments.
It discusses the nature, principles,
types, advantages and limitations
of a performance - based
assessment.
Meaning and
Characteristics
• One in which the teacher observes and makes a
judgement about the student’s demonstration of a
skill or competency in creating a product,
constructing a response or making a presentation.
(McMillan, 2007)
• Is an alternative form of assessment that moves
away from traditional paper-and-pencil tests.
(Ferman, 2005)
Meaning and
Characteristics
• Process the creative aspect of the students in bringing out
what they know and can do through different performances
such as exhibits, projects and work samples.
• Provide a basis of teachers to evaluate both the effectiveness
of the process or procedure used (e.g. approach to data
collection, manipulation of instruments) and the product
resulting from performance of a task. (e.g. completed report of
results, completed art work). (Linn, 1995)
Types of Activities that best exemplified through
performance based assessments
DepEd Order No. 7. s, 2012
The highest level of assessment
focuses on the performances
(product) which the students are
expected to produce through
authentic performance tasks.
Performance based Assessment should answer the
question…

What product(s) or performance(s) do we want students to


produce as evidence of their learning or understanding?
How do we want them to provide evidence that they
can transfer their learning to real life situations?
Aspects of Performance :
✓ Problem formulation
✓ The organization of ideas
✓ The integration of multiple types of evidence
✓ Originality
Performance Products
Outputs produced by the students that
provide concrete examples of their
knowledge and understanding of the
subject matter.
Some task that are useful
not only within the four
walls of the school :
✓ Doing field work
✓ Demonstrating rules and guidelines
✓ Engaging into extension services
Process-oriented Assessments
Provides insights on the students' critical
thinking, logic and reasoning skills. These
will lead them to independent learning
and set goals for future use.
Some Performance assessment
proponents contend that genuine
performance assessments must
possess at least three features
(Popham, 2011)
Types of
performance
tasks
1.Solving a problem
2. Completing an inquiry
3. Determining a position
4. Demonstration task

5. Developing exhibits
6. Presentation Task
7. Capstones Performances
Completing an Inquiry
An inquiry is one in which the students are asked to
collect data in order to develop their understanding
about a whole topic or issue. Examples of inquiries
include science investigation, research-based activities,
survey and interviews or independent studies. Students
determine what data should be collected, present data
and develop conclusions.
Determining a position
This task requires students to make
decision or clarify a position. Case
analysis and issue related activities
or debate are some examples of this
task.
Demonstration Task
Developing exhibits
Presentation Task
Capstones
Performances
Performance assessment clearly
identifies and clarifies learning
targets
Performance assessment
allows students to exhibit
their own skills, talents, and
expertise.
Performance assessment
advocates constructivist
principle of learning.
Performance assessment
advocates constructivist
principle of learning.
Performance assessment
allows the teachers to
explore the main goal and
processes of teaching
and learning process.
Distinct limitations of
performance
assessments
A summary of strengths and weaknesses of
performance assessment is presented below:
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