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How do you assess students learning outcomes using various types of performance
assessment tools
UNDERSTAND
Desired Significant Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, you are expected to:
Design appropriate performance assessment tools for intended student learning outcomes.
PREPARE
To be able to learn or enhance your skills on how to develop good and effective
performance assessment tools, review your prior knowledge on the differences between
traditional and alternative assessment and how and when you choose a particular assessment
method most appropriate to the identified learning objectives and desired learning outcomes of
your course.
What is performance assessment?
performance assessment is an assessment activity or set of activities that require students
to generate products or performances that provide direct or indirect evidence of their
knowledge, skills, and abilities in an academic content domain. It provides teachers with
information about how well a student understands and applies knowledge and goes beyond the
ability to recall information. It is used for assessing learning outcomes that involve designing or
creating projects or products such as research papers, art exhibits, reflective essays, and
portfolios. On the other hand, performance-based task includes actual performances of making
those products, such as carrying laboratory experiments, exhibiting creative and artistic talents,
such as dancing painting, and playing musical instruments, and demonstrating writing skills.
Through extemporaneous essay writing, article review, and reflective papers. Both product-based
and performance-based assessments provide information about how a student understands and
applies knowledge and involve hands-on tasks or activities that students must complete
individually or in small groups. Below are examples of product-based and performance-based
assessments.
Types Examples
A. Products-Based Assessment
Visual Products Charts, illustrations, graphs, collages, murals,
maps, timeline flows, diagrams, posters,
advertisements, video presentation, art
exhibits.
Kinesthetic Products Diorama, puzzles, games, sculpture, exhibits,
dance recitals.
Written Products Journals, diaries, logs, reports, abstracts,
letters, thought or position papers, poems,
story movie/TV scripts, portfolio, essay,
article report, research paper, thesis
Verbal Products Audiotapes, debates, lectures, voice
recording, scripts
B. Performance-Based Assessment
Oral Presentation/Demonstrations Paper presentation, poster presentation,
individual or group report on assigned topic,
skills demonstration such as baking, teaching
problem-solving.
Dramatic/Creative Performances Dance, recitals, dramatic enactment, prose or
poetry interpretation, role playing, playing
musical instruments
Public Speaking Debates, mock trial, simulations, interviews,
panel discussion, story-telling, poem reading
Athletic Skills Demonstration/Competition Playing basketball, baseball, soccer,
volleyball, and other sports
Similar to performance assessment is the concept of authentic assessment. authentic
assessment requires student to actually demonstrate their skills in applying skills and knowledge
they have learned from class. It involves tasks that resemble what people do in the real setting or
context, such as doing actual research, making a case study, giving a speech, or performing on a
stage.
What are the characteristics of a good performance assessment?
With so many different types of performance assessment tasks or tools that can be used to
measure students learning outcomes, deciding which one to use can be confusing and
challenging. In choosing and designing the best performance assessment, it is good to evaluate
its suitability against the following criteria:
1. It is authentic, that is, it includes performance tasks that are meaningful and realistic.
Performance assessments should present or require tasks that are realistic and
related to everyday life. As it involves an authentic task, it should convey its purpose and
reflect its relevance to the students, their discipline, and the outside world as a whole. For
example, in an entrepreneurial class wherein one of the learning outcomes is the ability to
develop a business plan, instead of giving final exams to test students’ knowledge of
concepts, principles, and processes of developing a business plan, the students will be
required to submit a proposed business plan for putting up a new investment. This
performance task entails students to identify the market needs and gaps, plan out the
marketing mix (7Ps) and the 4Ms of operations, and forecast the costs and revenues of the
business. This task allows students to have hands-on experience in performing a task that
is done in the actual world.
2. It provides opportunities for students to show both what they know and how well they can
do what they know.
Performance assessment should achieve a balanced approach wherein it gives
students opportunities to show their knowledge-and-skill competencies. Since the main
goal of teaching and learning is for students’ acquisition and application of knowledge
and skills, course assessment should therefore help answer the questions “do the students
know it?” and “How well can they use what they know” to determine whether the
students have actually achieved this goal. For example, in Practical Research 2 class, the
teacher may require output at the end of the course, since this performance task will not
only inform the teacher whether the students learned the different parts of a research
paper but also whether the students can conceptualize a good research paper, conduct
review of related literature, apply appropriate data gathering procedure and analysis, and
make valid interpretations and implications of the results. The main challenge is for the
teachers to choose performance tasks that can measure both the competencies of
“knowing” and “applying” and at most “creating”.
3. It allows students to be involved in the process of evaluating their own and their peers’
performance and output.
Performance assessment should allow students to be involved in the process of
evaluating themselves and their peers. It should give students the opportunity for self-
reflection or self-assessment, as well as to be involved in evaluating their classmate’s
performance. self-assessment allows students to make judgment about their learning
process and products of learning, track their progress, and identify the areas where to
focus or improve on. Peer assessment, on the other hand, allows students to give
constructive feedback about the performance of their classmates or groupmates, which
the latter can user to revise or improve their work. Both assessments require that scoring
or grading is based on the criteria agreed upon by the teacher and the students. The use of
a rubric can facilitate self-assessment and peer assessment.
4. It assesses more complex skills.
Unlike traditional test that usually assesses a high skill and require simple task
such as remembering or recalling of concepts, performance assessment usually taps
higher-order cognitive skills to apply knowledge to solve realistic and meaningful
problems. As such, performance assessment allows students to engage in more
challenging activities that require various skills, such as planning and decision making,
problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, and creative skills, among others. For
example, instead of giving final exams to assess student’s learning in marketing class, the
teacher may require the students to conduct a marketing and market research, come up
with a marketing strategy, and/or conduct a marketing for a product of their choice. These
performances task not only assess student’s knowledge of principles and processes in
marketing but also trap their creativity. planning skills, collaborative skills,
communication skills, and research skills.
5. It explains the task, required elements, and scoring criteria to the students before the
start of the activity and assessment.
At the start of the class, it is important that the requirements of the subject are
presented and explained to the students. Theses include the required tasks, activities or
projects, the expected quality and level performance or output the criteria to be included
for assessment, and the rubric to be used. Ideally, students should be involved in the
whole assessment process from the very onset, by providing them assessment options,
getting involved in discussions and decision making on performance standards and
criteria allowing them opportunity to give feedback on the teacher-made rubrics and to
revise them, and training them on how to apply rubric for self-and-peer assessment.
What the general guidelines in designing performance assessment?
The learning outcomes at the end of the course serve as the bases in designing the
performance assessment tasks. With the learning outcomes identified, the evidence of student
learning that are the most relevant for each learning outcome and the standard or criteria that will
be used to evaluate those evidence are then identified. To guide you in designing performance
assessment, following questions may be addressed:
1. What are the outcomes to be assessed?
2. What are the capabilities/skills implicit or explicit in the expected outcomes (e.g.
problem-solving, decision-making, critical thinking, communication skills)?
3. What are the appropriate performance assessment task or tools to measure the
outcomes skills?
4. Are the specific performance task aligned with the outcomes and skills interesting,
engaging, challenging and measurable?
5. Are the performance task authentic and representative of the real world scenarios?
6. What criteria should be included to rate student’s performance level?
7. What are the specific performance indicators for each criterion?
Furthermore, the choice of teaching and learning activities is also utmost importance in
choosing the performance assessment to use. There should be also an alignment among the
learning outcomes, the learning activities and assessment tasks, for example, in a physical
education-dance class, the following three-course components should be explicitly clear and
linked, as shown below:
Intended Learning Teaching-Learning Performance Assessment
Outcomes Activities Tasks
At the end of the course, the
students should be able to:
Perform dance Lecture, class, discussion, Culminating dance class
routines and creatively movement exercises, dance recitals, practical test for each
combine variations demonstration, actual dancing type of dance, reflection
with rhythm, with teachers and partners, papers, peer evaluation rating
coordination, correct collaborative learning
footwork technique,
frame, facial and body
expression.
Participate in dance Required attendance and Actual dance performance in
socials and other participation in school and school or community
community fitness community dance programs, reaction/reflection
advocacy projects. performances papers
Develop
Let us review what you learned about designing performance assessment task.
1. What are the types of performance assessments?
Oral Presentation/Demonstrations
Dramatic/Creative Performances
Public Speaking
Athletic Skills Demonstration/Competition
2. What are the characteristics of a performance assessment?
It is authentic, that is, it includes performance tasks that are meaningful and realistic.
It provides opportunities for students to show both what they know and how well they
can do what they know.
It allows students to be involved in the process of evaluating their own and their peers’
performance and output
It assesses more complex skills.
It explains the task, required elements, and scoring criteria to the students before the start
of the activity and assessment.
3. What are the general guidelines in designing a performance assessment?
What are the outcomes to be assessed?
What are the capabilities/skills implicit or explicit in the expected outcomes (e.g.
problem-solving, decision-making, critical thinking, communication skills)?
What are the appropriate performance assessment task or tools to measure the outcomes
skills?
Are the specific performance task aligned with the outcomes and skills interesting,
engaging, challenging and measurable?
Are the performance task authentic and representative of the real world scenarios?
What criteria should be included to rate student’s performance level?
What are the specific performance indicators for each criterion?
4. What are the basic steps in conducting a performance-based or product-based
assessment?
To be able check whether you have learned the important information about identifying
and designing performance assessment, please complete the following graphical
representation.
Define the purpose of performance or product-based assessment.
Choose the activity/output that you will assess
Define the criteria.
Create the performance rubric.
Assess student’s performance/product
Performance
Assessment
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mpetition
APPLY
By now, you should be ready to design effective performance assessments to assess your
student learning outcomes. Let us apply what you have learned by creating an assessment plan
for the subjects that you are currently teaching. For each subject, list down the desired learning
outcomes and course topic for each desired learning outcome and identify the appropriate
performance tasks to assess students’ achievement of the expected outcome. It is important that
you have an assessment plan for each subject that you teach.
Overall Desired Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, the students are
expected to execute procedural tasks in laboratory experiments and to apply proper waste
disposal procedures.
Use the following template to come up with your performance assessment plan.
Subject: Mathematics
Overall desired learning outcomes: At the end of this course, students are expected to
demonstrate proficiency in mathematical concepts and problem-solving skills, understand
mathematical principles, and develop positive attitudes towards mathematics.
By now, you are equipped to construct a sample performance assessment for the subject.
In the development of the performance assessment, you need the following information:
Problem-solving tasks.
Real-world scenario-based assessments.
Constructed response questions.
Performance-based projects.
Oral presentations.
Written reports.
Accuracy of solutions.
Application of appropriate mathematical concepts and techniques.
Clarity and coherence of explanations.
Correct use of mathematical language and notation.
Ability to interpret and analyze data accurately.
Effectiveness of communication in conveying mathematical ideas.
Analytic rubric
Holistic rubric
EVALUATE
Evaluate the performance assessment that you have developed by using the following
checklist.
REFLECT
1. Examine the performance assessments task that you have chosen for your course. Are
they the most appropriate for the desired learning outcomes?
2. Do they need major revisions? If yes, in which aspect?
1. Mr. Trinidad has been advocating the use of performance-based assessment in his science
class. What type of performance assessment is he most likely to use to grade his students
on their knowledge of the ecosystem?
A. Multiple choice on the different types of ecosystems.
B. True or False on the roles of organisms in the ecosystem.
C. Essay on the different types of ecosystems
D. Ecosystem Diorama with explanation
2. Which of the following requirements in a Chemistry laboratory subject is best assessed
using performance assessment?
A. Laboratory experiment report
B. Conduct of an experiment
C. Midterm exams
D. Peer or groupmate evaluation
3. Which of the following is best example of a performance assessment of a product or
output in an English class?
A. Debate
B. Extemporaneous speech
C. Oral presentation
D. Research paper
4. What type of performance task is best to demonstrate students problem-solving skill in
math subject among primary school students?
A. Multiple-choice test
B. Oral presentation
C. Quiz bee contest
D. Essay
5. Your teacher in Digital Literacy subject asks your class to help her revise and finalize the
proposed rubrics that she will use to assess the student's competency in using computers.
5.1. What kinds of performance assessment are the most appropriate to use for this
this class? What type of rubric to use?
5.2. What characteristics will you look for to say that the proposed rubric is a good
and effective performance assessment tool?
It is essential that the rubric be aligned with learning objectives in order to ensure
that it assesses the necessary abilities and competencies listed in the curriculum.
To ensure that both students and teachers understand the expectations for
performance evaluation, it is also crucial that the criteria be detailed and clear.
The rubric should also give students thorough feedback, emphasizing both their
areas of strength and need for improvement to promote their continued learning
and growth. Additional factors to consider include practicality and usefulness,
which guarantee that the rubric is easy to use and supports effective evaluation
procedures. In the end, a strong rubric encourages openness, equity, and ongoing
development of student learning outcomes.
5.3. What criteria can be included for judging the students’ performances or
outcomes? Please give me your reasons for your answers.
To evaluate students and gauge their overall achievements in both practice and
computer literacy, it is essential to incorporate impact criteria into the assessment
process. This involves evaluating the broader implications and consequences of
students' work, considering the tangible outcomes and effects of their efforts on the
intended audience or context. Additionally, assessing the impact criteria allows
educators to assess the real-world relevance and applicability of students' skills and
knowledge, providing valuable insights into their readiness for future endeavors in the
digital realm.
SUSTAIN
Evaluate the level of your skills in identifying and designing performance assessment
using the following scale:
Bashed on your self-assessment above, choose the following tasks to help you enhance
your skills and competencies in designing performance assessment task:
Educators Input
Mr. Remoto is teaching Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics in one Senior High
School in Metro Manila. The course uses the disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and
Political Science to develop students’ knowledge of cultural, social, and political dynamics, and
sensitivity to cultural diversity and to provide them with an understanding of how culture, human
agency, society, and politics work. To assess students learning in his course, he required written
works, performance tasks, and final exam. This is what he shares about the classroom assessment
he used:
For further information about performance assessment, you may refer to the following
materials:
Portfolio Assessment
Directions: Choose one (1) output in this lesson that can best show your ability in the 21st
century learning and innovation skills: critical thinking, creative thinking, communication,
collaboration, knowledge of your content (5Cs)