A PowerPoint presentation prepares instructors for teaching learners about self-efficacy, a key competency of social-emotional learning. The 29-page presentation is designed to give administrators and teachers a deeper understanding of...

This lesson is a performance task based on their learning of ratios. Students will be using their knowledge of ratios and unit rates to create their own pizza.

Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.

For this fourth grade performance task, students measure tree leaves using metric units and make predictions about the length of other leaves on the tree. They also suggest other good questions they might ask about trees in the school...

This performance task assesses students' ability to use a balance and to measure the mass of objects accurately.

This performance task tests students' ability to measure length, volume and temperature accurately in a lab setting.

As they examine two variations of a can opener, students will discuss what the purpose is of each of its sub-parts, and which of the can openers is the better machine. They will also suggest improvements to the can opener. This is a...

For this Grade Two performance task, students observe the contents of a terrarium and explain the purpose of the water, rocks and soil inside it.

For this lesson, 5th graders develop narratives by describing characters and creating a logical event sequence. This is part of a larger unit but can be taught separately.

I can create things that have their own unique perimeter.

Understand the importance of performance assessment in your classroom. It might take more time and effort, its advocates say-but when done right, it can lead to a deeper analysis of students' skills.

This is a performance task for Grade Four students where they observe two different pendulums and compare the two types of motion. The activity is designed for a lab setting where students work at individual stations. A rubric and...

For this fourth grade performance assessment task, students sort candies according to their properties and demonstrate their understanding of binary classification principles.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides a list of performance tasks that have been assigned to from 1998 to 2010.

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Discover more about implementing performance assessment in your classroom when you visit this site. Teachers will find this information useful in their development of assessments in the classroom.

A nine-part learning module with links to images, websites, videos, and texts to use while learning how to write a resume.

Students use ratios to answer three questions based on a specific set of data in this performance task.

Students use ratio reasoning to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. John got two votes for every vote Will got. It was necessary to get more than half the votes to get elected. What...

Students use ratios to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. It was necessary to get more than half the votes to...

Young scholars use ratios to solve the following performance task: John and Will ran for 6th grade class president. There were 36 students voting. John got two votes for every vote Will got. How many more votes did John get than Will?

Students use ratio and rate reasoning to answer four questions in this diagram-based performance task.

A performance task where learners fill in the missing values on a table, plot the corresponding points in the coordinate plane, and find the two unit rates that are associated with this proportional relationship.

Young scholars use ratio and rate reasoning to solve the following performance task: Selina bought a shirt on sale that was 20% less than the original price. The original price was $5 more than the sale price. What was the original...