The video “Performance Assessment: Student Presentation in High School English Class” was interesting. First the teacher gave the students the rubric and they did the project at home. Later they came back and she asked them how they wanted to be graded and what their criteria was for getting a good grade. They suggested ideas to the teacher about how they wanted to be graded and she developed a rubric based on what the students suggested. The rubric she created covered the major themes the assignment was designed to teach them. I think it could be used in middle school but I think it would need to be adapted for elementary students. She could have used question and answer activities, open group discussions, reflective journaling, diagrams, essays, individual presentations, projects, research, workshops and/or tests for other kind of assessments. Tests can be used to check the progress of each student’s level of understanding and functional skills. Group discussion is a good way to test verbal skills by having students explain or defend work. Assignments, both written and drawn out, can also be used to test research skills and the understanding of the topic’s objectives. These can be given as worksheets to be completed in class or at home.
-Marco Olson Guillén
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