All the research on performance based assessment shows it is unsuitable for any high stakes testing, is highly rater dependent, very, very costly and is able to test only a fraction of what a well designed standardized test is able to test. The best performance-based assessment has a seamless connection to curriculum and instruction so that it is ongoing. Assessment should represent all meaningful aspects of performance and should have equitable standards that apply to all students. Yes, but performance assessments fulfill almost none opf these criteria. The most powerful models of instruction are interactive.
Instruction actively engages the learner, and is generative.
No, I'm sorry, my kids do not produce knowledge. They learn it. All knowledge is relative, dependent upon the person, different for each person, so each child produces his own. No objective knowledge, no objective truth, no objective morality. Learning Context of Engaged Learning For engaged learning to happen, the classroom must be conceived of as a knowledge-building learning community.