Safeguard equity in performance assessment systems through non-negotiables, clear rubrics, normed scoring, multiple pathways, and inclusive design¶

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Description¶

The report describes concrete equity strategies states used: creating "non-negotiables" about expectations and quality to counter perceptions that performance assessments are less rigorous; providing clear rubrics to students to reduce grading bias; developing standard practices to norm and score tasks; maintaining multiple pathways and diverse demonstrations of knowledge to avoid a gatekeeper mentality; and connecting with communities historically marginalized by assessment practices.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Clear rubrics shared with students, standard norming and scoring processes, and capacity building to ensure equitable access to high-quality performance assessments.

Constraints¶

• The report notes some states observed that performance assessments did not guarantee equity.

Target Learners¶

• All students, with special attention to language learners, students with disabilities, and communities historically marginalized by assessment practices

Target Learning Goals¶

• Equitable opportunities to demonstrate knowledge and skills through performance assessment

Related Strategies¶

• Grading For Equity
• Establishing Clear Expectations
• Rubric Co Construction

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jenna Howard Terrell, Sarah Barzee. (2023). Graduation Requirements and Measures: A Review of Performance Assessment Implementation in Select States for the New York State Education Department. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED633310