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An authentic performance task is one in which understanding of content can truly be assessed.

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An authentic task requires students to use their learning and understandings and transfer..should be challenging

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Informal - one-on-one conversations, polling for thinking (fingers or digital), think-pair-share, knowledge charts (KWL)
Formal - projects, reports, quizzes, tests.

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My culminating assessment is likely going to be a group research project on the aspects of a specific culture. Students will also be required to compare and contrast their own culture to the culture they are studying ( I need to flesh out the details more.)

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Formative assessment can be done in an exit ticket at times.

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My culminating assessment will be a simulation of a town hall meeting in Yorktown, Virginia on the eve of the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Students will have to take all they have learned about the American Revolution and have a discussion on the merits of the war, its ideologies, its events, and what democracy in the US will look like after the impending battle

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An authentic performance task is an activity which mimics real world applications of a particular discipline.

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A Problem Solving assessment. Students will be given a real world problem and they will be assessed on how they used their learning from the unit to solve the problem.

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Formal: presentations, essays, worksheets
Informal: observation, discussion, check ins

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Real/authentic ways students rehearse, practice, use resources, get feedback on products/performance

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A task/ experience in which students show what they understand in a meaningful way

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Assessment is how we gather evidence of student understanding

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Chris                             My culminating assessment is a research project on human impacts on the environment in the bay area.

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Chris                             My culminating assessment is a research project on human impacts on the environment in the bay area.

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Group project- building a "dream mission"

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Authentic performance tasks replicate key challenges of the real world; they measure transferrable skills

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Process portfolio of assignments done throughout the unit- including an end of unit paper on "day in the life" of an Australia citizen.

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Formal: Essays, short written response, oral assessments

Informal: class discussion, our and talks, exit ticket, homework(?), in class work

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Formal- projects

Informal- class discussion, debate, socratic seminar type discussion, journal writes

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Formal: written tests/quizzes
Informal: Classroom discussion, exit slips, think/pair/share

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Tricky. I think assessment can be defined as any type of feedback exchange between students and teachers wherein the teacher and student learn what the student does/ does not understand. It can be informal (formative) as you go or formal and cumulative (summation)

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Assessment is a measure of student understanding of a learning objective

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Assessment is a task that is used to gather information/data. It usually can before or after a concept is taught.

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The culminating assessment for my unit on climate change will be a proposal to a corporation or government organization explaining how they contribute to climate change and an idea for a significant change the organization could make to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Assessment is the means in which we check for overall understanding of the lessons learning objectives.

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What are some formal or informal ways we can/currently assess our students?

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What are some formal or informal ways we can/currently assess our students?