Ideas for Tasks Ideas for performance assessment tasks can come from many sources. With a particular learning outcome in mind, you and your colleagues can think about the kinds of tasks you already do in your classrooms that might be turned into a performance assessment. Alternatively, a group of teachers could brainstorm tasks that would allow students to demonstrate that they have acquired the knowledge and skills covered by the outcome.
Professional publications are another rich source of performance tasks.
Some possible performance assessment tasks are shown below. In particular, many of them have a strong language arts component. You will probably find that you are already doing some of these things in your classroom. FA SO SO SO Write a newspaper article Use evidence to solve a mystery. Devise a game.