DAY 2Performance Task and the common

core

PERFORMANCE TASK

Analysis sheetPhases of problem sheetPerformance task sheet

PERFORMANCE TASK: WHAT IS IT? Extensive problem situation covering

many different skills in an applied settingRequires thinking skills

Getting information Working with the information Using information for a purpose Using information to craft a product Using information to communicate with audience

PERFORMANCE TASKS: WHAT IS IT Require students to make meaning of the

content, context and respond appropriately Contains multiple prompts that may or may

not scaffold to a culminating activity Measures something important Are clear and unambigious May be answered more than one way Require construction of a response rather

than selecting answers from options given Have complexity Have set criteria and indicators for evidence

of learning

EXAMPLES AND NON EXAMPLES

Not a performance task: exercise

What is x?

EXAMPLES AND NON EXAMPLES

Performance Task

WHY IS IT A PERFORMANCE Students demonstrate understanding

of skills and knowledge in unrehearsed ways

Students extend and connect content understandings to new situations

Students know when to apply understanding to more complex content applications

PERFORMANCE TASK AND THE

COMMON CORE

WHY PERFORMANCE TASK : COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS Demonstrate independence Build strong content knowledge Respond to the varying demands of

audience, task, purpose and discipline Comprehend as well as critique Value evidence Use technology and digital media

strategically and capably Come to understand other perspectives

and cultures

WHY PERFORMANCE TASKS: THE STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them Reason abstractly and quantitatively Construct viable arguments and critique

the reasoning of others Model with math Use appropriate tools strategically Attend to precision Look for and make use of structure Look for and express regularity in

repeated reasoning

WHY PERFORMANCE TASK:SMARTER BALANCE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

Common Core State Standards specify

K-12 expectatio

ns for college and

career readiness

All students

leave high

school college

and career ready

Teachers and schools have information and tools

they need to improve

teaching and learning

Interim assessments

Flexible, open, used for actionable

feedback

Summative assessments

Benchmarked to college and career readiness

Teacher resources for

formative assessment

practicesto improve instruction

SAMPLE PERFORMANCE

TASKS

PERFORMANCE UNDER CONSIDERATION

Solving the Task Interpreting and using information

presented in words and other formsUsing mathematics as a means of

communicationUsing the mathematical language; e.g.,

graphs, tables and algebra, etc to analyze and translate situations

Interpreting and using information presented in a variety of familiar and non mathematical forms

DISCUSSION OF TASK Mathematics involved in the task

Mathematical content, domain, standards, clusters?

Mathematical Practices involved in completing the taskSMP1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8?

Adjusting the task for your class needs How will you use/modify the task for your

classroom? Pedagogy

What instructional strategy will you employ?

QUADRATIC FUNCTION PERFORMANCE TASK Discussion:

Mathematics involved in the taskMathematical practices involved in

completing the taskAdjusting the task for your class needs Pedagogy

JOURNEY PERFORMANCE TASK Discussion:

Mathematics involved in the taskMathematical practices involved in

completing the taskAdjusting the task for your class needs Pedagogy

HURDLES PERFORMANCE TASK Discussion:

Mathematics involved in the taskMathematical practices involved in

completing the taskAdjusting the task for your class needs Pedagogy

FILLING A SWIMMING POOL PERFORMANCE TASK Discussion:

Mathematics involved in the taskMathematical practices involved in

completing the taskAdjusting the task for your class needs Pedagogy

CAMPING PERFORMANCE TASK Discussion:

Mathematics involved in the taskMathematical practices involved in

completing the taskAdjusting the task for your class needs Pedagogy

AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES

STUDENT WORK Student work Samples on each task will

be analyzed against standards identified in the morning.

Student work samples will be annotated to reveal how and where the standards are met

Next steps for students will be determined by drawing on strengths and determining an actionable challenge to be addressed by the student

Modifications to be made on the performance task will be identified

QUADRATIC FUNCTION PERFORMANCE TASK

HURDLE RACE PERFORMANCE TASK

JOURNEY PERFORMANCE TASK

FILLING A SWIMMING POOL PERFORMANCE TASK

CAMPING PERFORMANCE TASK