This book features 68 performance tasks and rubrics, all designed to motivate and engage your students. Also included are samples of student work to help you apply the rubrics and develop your grading and scoring skills. The performance assessments in this book were contributed by teachers like you from all over the country and they include:

- open-ended and extended response exercises

- projects and portfolios

- behavioral assessments (skits, debates, discussions, etc.)

- authentic assessments

- and student self-assessments, in addition to those administered by teachers.