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==** Measuring understanding is crucial when incorporating Authentic Performance Tasks. What are the different ways you can measure them? Do a google search and find links for measurement ideas, rubrics etc. that will be helpful for classmates. Include these links below with a description about what can be found at your site. **==

I am not going to add an additional link, but rather speak to the strengths of the **//rubistar website//** listed below (I can't tell who posted it); this website is terrific because it's free and has no annoying pop-ups or advertisements. I use it any time I assign a performance task, starting by choosing a category that seems close to what I intend to have students produce. An example might include a 6 Trait writing assignment. You can choose the categories along the left axis of the rubric by using a drop-down menu, or you can choose your own titles for this axis. The beauty of the drop-down menu is that the rubric gradations and the accompanying criteria (4-master, 3-proficient, 2-partially proficient, etc.) automatically fill in for you. I start with the recommendations inserted by the drop-down menu and then adapt each box to fit my own criteria. In the end, I copy and paste onto a Word document and further edit the rubric until it fits my expectations. The more I use this site, the faster I am able to design very specific rubrics for assignments of my own design! Shawna H.

[] This is a University of Wisconsin website with multiple links for teachers. It contains a "hand selected index of authentic assessment resources." Covers creating meaningful performance assessments, rubrics, electronic assessment, portfolio trouble shooting, and more. Mary L.

Some of the most effective ways of measuring performance tasks include rubrics, and setting performance standard goals.

[]. This site illustrates a four level rubric, which enables students to see what is required for a specific task. It gives a very good visual on backwards design, as students can see the progress of knowing and understanding relative to that task.

Tony DuCros

[] This site will detail how setting performance standard goal increases the student progress on certain tasks. For example it will show that, " A review of both laboratory and field studies on the effects of setting goals when performing a task found that in 90% of the studies, specific and challenging goals lead to higher performance than easy goals, "do your best" goals, or no goals. Goals affect performance by directing attention, mobilizing effort, increasing persistence, and motivating strategy development." ( 1981 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 0033-2909/81/9001-0125SOO. 75).

Tony DuCros

[] This site is a great site for makin g rubrics with all of the categories that you can put in theirs or use your own.

[] This is a site that helps you get your thoughts together in order to create some rubrics and get your categories together -Michele B.

__ http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/ __ is a great website that has all sorts of rubrics for every grade, and every curriculum. There are even behavioral rubrics, technology rubrics, and self evaluation rubrics. Wow! Who knew there were so many rubrics for so many things? Kindra L.

[] is a great site that has several rubrics for assessing authentic assessments. [] this site was full of information on how to create an authentic assessment. Jackie P.

[] This site has a great generic rubric for Social Studies authentic performance assessments that could be easily modified to meet more specific tasks. I also have found good rubrics in a couple of books: "Clock Watchers" by McDermott and Quate and "Differentiation" by Wormeli. Heidi S