Rachel likes using a different scale to record the different levels of performance of her class. She always uses verbal descriptions to indicate student performance. What kind of rating scale does Rachel use?

Marissa wanted to showcase her students’ best work. She asked them to compile their best projects and their highest-graded exam paper and create a portfolio. What kind of portfolio did Marissa ask her students to do?

Jun uses a scoring guide to evaluate the performance of his class. He chooses to use a scoring guide with each category of the scale contains several criteria, yielding a single score that gives an overall rating.

Christian’s final project for his art class was to create a portfolio where he can show how much he improved throughout the semester. He thinks that the best thing to show his improvement is to compile all of his work from the first part of the semester until the last week. What type of portfolio does Christian want to do?

In doing authentic assessment the students actually perform the skill instead of just answering the questions about how to perform it.

Performance assessment is any method that differs from conventional paper-and-pencil tests, most particularly objective tests.

One way of creating an effective portfolio is to have a pre-established guideline that can be used to establish content.

Performance assessments are difficult to plan for the amount of time needed because it requires a lot of time to prepare and student to complete.

If the teacher wanted to reveal changes in student proficiency over time, the best portfolio to use is a competence portfolio