Performance Assessments and the 4Cs

Performance assessments can be a productive way for students to show their growth in the 4Cs (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication). To dig deeper into this assessment method, we’re re-airing our discussion on performance assessments from November of 2020. Before and after that segment, we connect these ideas to what students told us throughout our 4Cs series. Research & resources from the episode:Jay McTighe: What is a performance task?Grant Wiggins: Seven keys to effective feedbackEducational Leadership: Good feedback is targeted, specific, timelyDRA Video on the cognitive science principle of InterleavingStiggins, R.J. Arter, J.A., Chappuis, J. & Chappuis, S. (2006). Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right-Using it Well. Portland, OR: ETSWren, D. G., & Garies, C. R. (201 9). Assessing deeper learning: Developing, implementing, and scoring performance tasks (1st ed.). Lanham, MD :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.WCPSS staff can earn credit for listening to and reflecting on completed series. Learn more here.Hosts: Mellisa Smith and Spencer ZieglerTheme music: Lost by Leesville Road High School’s Will McAlarneyData, Research, and Accountability department for the Wake County Public School System

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Teachers are inundated with data, but none of those numbers will help if they're not paired with some accessible and informative data literacy training. This podcast seeks to empower teachers with the skills they'll need to turn the data given to them into powerful instructional practices. Recorded by educators within Wake County Public School System's Data, Research, and Accountability Department in Raleigh, NC. Learn more about the show as well as access data and assessment literacy resources at www.wcpss.net/datalit