The High Performance Toolbox: Succeeding with Performance Tasks, Projects and Assessments (Paperback)

~ Spence Rogers (Author), Shari Graham (Author) "Educators are finding themselves bombarded with pressures to reform, demands to return to the basics, desires to provide the best for all students, regional and..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review

"The High Performance Toolbox sets the new standard for others to meet in their materials supporting performance tasks and assessments." ---Grant Wiggins, President of C.L.A.S.S. Princeton, New Jersey

"The High Performance Toolbox provides a greater depth of analysis than I have seen anywhere. It goes beyond basic assessment literacy into critical advanced topics relevant to successful performance initiatives. ---Rick Stiggens, Director of the Assessment Training Institute, Portland, Oregon

"The Toolbox provides our teachers and administrators with the most comprehensive and easy-to-use tools and guides available. It effectively blends theory and best practices to support us in designing our own assessments and also in evaluating and adapting those from publishers and agencies. Spence Rogers and Shari Graham have provided the support we need to accelerate our efforts and expand our base of teacher support while ensuring adherence to essential and rigorous standards for student performance and achievement." ---Christine A. Neal, Superintendent Lockport, New York -- Publisher Comments

Product Description

Use this practical , school tested book to develop performance units and assessments that are worthwhile and challenging. Maximize student assessment results and reach the highest standards with the most complete "how to" resource of its kind. Achieve success with performance tasks and assessments across disciplines and grade levels. This easy-to-use guidebook provides the tools you need to successfully design, adapt, evaluate, refine or implement performance tasks and assessments. Take advantage of the step-by-step guides, easy-to-use designers and organizers, and extensive resource lists that are helping educators around the world.

Benefit From: * Practical, teacher-tested strategies and guidelines for developing classroom & system performance tasks * Step-by-step guidelines for developing effective rubrics * Easy-to-use tools for evaluating tasks, assessments, and rubrics * Templates to help align curriculum, instruction, & assessment * Guides & templates to support uniform assessment procedures * Resource lists of over

150 performance task ideas 120 usable performance contexts 190 formats for student products and performances 30 universal concepts and themes 80 assessment prompts for self-assessment & reflection 265 performance roles & audiences 80 critical tips for earning stakeholder support 150 additional resources * Clarification of multiple forms of assessment essential for thorough and effective assessment of student learning * A thesaurus of qualitative and quantitative terms for rubrics * Timesaving performance management & grading forms * Easy-to-use templates for planning performance scaffolding * A glossary of terms in easy-to-understand language

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Product Details

• Paperback: 389 pages
• Publisher: Peak Learning Systems Inc; 3 edition (May 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889852074
• ISBN-13: 978-1889852072
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #755,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Educational tools that build success!", January 20, 1999

By A Customer

The HIGH PERFORMANCE TOOLBOX demystifies performance assessment and performance learning. It is designed for the teacher who wants high-level AUTHENTIC performance. Forged from the best research on teaching and learning, these are real and teacher-friendly TOOLS which, beyond talking about theory, can be used actually to BUILD a high performance learning environment and curriculum. A must for all builders of tomorrow's classrooms and minds!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Teacher Resource, November 29, 1999

By	Donna (Rochester, New York) - See all my reviews

As a middle/high school teacher of 20+ years I now have a resource to help guide me in developing my student projects. This resource is filled with helpful designers, planners, rubrics, and examples of each to help educators design quality student performances. Chapter 5 has helped me the most by showing me a quick and easy performance designer that has produced quality results in my classroom. I use the other chapters as references when I need help with rubrics or planning. Curriculum coordinators and staff developers should love this resource as well.

I highly reccommend this book to any educator at any level to help them develop quality performances and rubrics. Thank you Spence and Shari!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High Performance Toolbox, December 9, 1999

By	jeff evoy - See all my reviews

Spence Rogers and Shari Graham have put together an excellent book that is teacher friendly. The High Performance Toolbox is a practical guide that assists teachers in creating multiple assessments for their students. I have used the Performance Toolbox for years especially for assistance in creating interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary lessons and projects. I will continue to refer to this book for planning purposes because it is a real time saver. The bottom line is that High Performance Toolbox is an outstanding reference for all teachers concerned with student success. Two thumbs up for Spence and Shari.