Developing Performance Tasks and Rubrics

This resource includes a description of bias as it relates to assessment, with a focused attention on the importance of fairness. It includes a rationale for attending to bias, a list of questions that assessment designers should ask themselves, and a rubric for attending to bias in the design...

This template was developed by Learner-Centered Initiatives to guide teachers in the design of curriculum-embedded performance tasks.

Users interested in working with this template can also access several completed templates with annotations. 

This protocol was designed to help rubric and checklists designers incorporate standards or learning targets in the development process.

This checklist, created by Learner‐Centered Initiatives to guide the design of performance assessments, is intended to:

• support the development and use of assessments that produce learning.
• guide the design and revision of performance‐based assessments that are rigorous,
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This resource provides a detailed guide on how to train teachers to formally score student performance assessment work that has been submitted for a grade, as a part of graduation portfolio requirement, for a diploma endorsement, or as part of a college application (summative purposes...

This resource compares task complexity with depth of learning in pictoral form.