In this bestselling book, educational experts Charlotte Danielson and Joshua Dragoon explain how to construct and apply performance tasks to gauge students' deeper understanding of mathematical concepts at the upper elementary level.

Charlotte Danielson is an educational consultant now based in San Francisco, California. She has taught at all levels from kindergarten through college, and has worked as an administrator, a curriculum director, and a staff developer.

Joshua Dragoon began his career in education as an elementary school classroom teacher. In addition to teaching, Joshua has served as a school administrator and district instructional coach. Most recently, he has led large-scale mathematics professional development initiatives across New York City for teachers at all grade levels.

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Meet the Authors

Foreword by Jay McTighe

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction: What Is Performance Assessment?

Chapter 2: Why Use Performance Assessment?

Chapter 3: Making an Evaluation Plan

Chapter 4: Understanding Quality Performance Tasks

Chapter 5: Creating and Adapting Performance Tasks

Chapter 6: Using Rubrics to Evaluate Complex Performance

Chapter 7: Creating and Adapting Rubrics

Chapter 8: Upper Elementary Mathematics Performance Tasks