Performance Assessment (Assessment AS Learning):

A task that provides opportunity for a student to engage in the process of gaining knowledge and skills and becoming more proficient at the Universal Constructs, which results in the demonstration of that learning. The assessment task design assures that the student has engaged in critical thinking to develop a product of learning. In a competency-based system, the teacher and the student work together to determine what process, product, and/or presentation will both guide learning and become the natural outcome to demonstrate the learning. Performance assessments allow students to use their knowledge and skills as well as the Universal Constructs and personal work habits to engage in learning connected to their interests and passions and even to extend their influence beyond the classroom. (IDoE Guidelines for CBE)