Tool: Choosing performance criteria
What makes student work "good"? This tool provides means to think through different criteria for the quality of students' work in order to construct valid assessments. On the right, you can record possible criteria for work in the unit or lesson for which you are constructing assessments:
| Unit or lesson: |
Criterion type |
Description |
Possible criteria for your unit or lesson |
Impact of performance |
The success of performance, given the purposes, goals and desired results |
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Work quality and craftsmanship |
The overall polish, organization and rigor of the work |
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Adequacy of methods and behaviors |
The quality of the procedures and manner of presentation, prior to and during performance |
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Validity of content |
The correctness of the ideas, skills or materials used |
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Degree of expertise |
The relative sophistication, complexity or maturity of the knowledge employed |
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Adapted
from Wiggins, G. (1998). Educative assessment: Designing assessments to inform and improve student performance. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
PDF version for printing .... RTF version for revising |
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