Assess21: Performance Task to assess 21st Century Skills

This project was developed with Tom Woodward, former Assistant Director of Instructional Technology at Henrico County Public Schools and four great eighth-grade teachers from Henrico who piloted it in their classrooms in the spring of 2011:

1. Gillian Lambert (language arts)
2. Kate O'Poprik (math)
3. Alayna Paliskis (social studies)
4. Rachel Toy (science)

Scenario:

Cell Phone News Challenge from Tom Woodward on Vimeo.

Document Library:

• National Security and Safety Institute Email from the (fictitious) President and CEO of NSSI to (fictitious HCPS School Board Member) Gene Brown
• Cell Phones Don't Contribute To Learning from Virginia Tech (8th grade reading level)
• Cell Phones Don't Contribute To Learning from Virginia Tech (6th grade reading level)
• Data from the HCPS Division Report Card
• Brief from the Eastern Education Research Lab with stories about how teachers are useing cell phones for learning (8th grade reading level)
• Brief from the Eastern Education Research Lab with stories about how teachers are useing cell phones for learning (6th grade reading level)
• Math and Cell Phones data chart draw from HCPS Division Report card
• Call-in Radio Show podcast

Scoring Rubric

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