{"id":8723,"date":"2022-10-17T10:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T10:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/?p=8723"},"modified":"2022-10-17T10:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T10:22:44","slug":"performance-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/p\/performance-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Performance assessment is a task that students must complete rather than writing a test. In a Spanish class, for example, students may be asked to give an oral presentation rather than a traditional exam. Open-ended response exercises, extended tasks, and portfolios are used in performance evaluations. Students describe their observations from an experiment or enact historical events in an open-ended response <a href=\"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/educational-terms\/B\/brain-gym-exercises\">exercise<\/a>. An extended task could be writing a story or conducting and explaining the results of an experiment, especially one that takes a long time. Portfolios showcase a student&#8217;s best work from a term or course and may include performance-based pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students participate in skill-building activities rather than answering questions about how to perform those skills on paper in performance <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.teachmint.com\/a-roadmap-to-assessments\/\">assessments<\/a>. A performance assessment task has the following characteristics: a) real-world scenarios, b) an authentic and complex process, c) higher-order thinking, and d) transparent evaluation criteria. When combined with other forms of assessment, performance assessment provides an excellent opportunity for professors to personalize their courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How are performance assessments used?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Educators use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/features\/performance-management\">performance<\/a> assessments to determine whether students have knowledge of a subject or are learning about it throughout the year. Educators can administer a performance assessment at any time, but they are most commonly used at the beginning and end of a course. Students are frequently asked to use problem-solving skills or critical thinking to create a report, experiment, or give a performance that demonstrates their ability to apply what they have learned in a performance assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try Teachmint, an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\"> integrated school platform<\/a> for efficient school management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performance assessment is a task that students must complete rather than writing a test. In a Spanish class, for example, students may be asked to give an oral presentation rather than a traditional exam. Open-ended response exercises, extended tasks, and portfolios are used in performance evaluations. 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