Unit 3
Unit 3
Introduction
In the previous unit (in process-oriented performance-based assessment), you learned that aside
from the emphasis on the process, performance-based assessment can also be an assessment of
the product. Sometimes, learning competencies along several disciplines puts more weight to the
final output or product required to prove that the competencies have been met by the learner. For
example, a Math teacher who clings to a behaviorist teaching philosophy may consider an
answer even if the solution used by the learner is different from what the teacher taught (however
the solution should still be appropriate and verified). Additionally, a literature teacher cannot
standardize the way learners compose their poems and essays. This suggests that the process in
coming up with a literature piece do not matter so much that it becomes negligible. These
scenarios depict Product-Oriented Performance-Based Assessment. In this chapter, this type of
performance-based assessment will be introduced to you. You will be learning how to suit your
assessment strategies to product-oriented learning competencies. As a future teacher, this skill is
very necessary to truly realize the visions of authentic assessment.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit, you are expected to:
1. Design product- oriented tasks based on identified learning competencies; and,
2. Develop scoring rubrics to assess the designed product- oriented task.
Activating Prior Knowledge
Did you know that in 1953, a marine biologist recorded 1,815 marine fish species (out of
a total of 2,145 fish species in the world) in the country; today, about 2,824 marine fish
species are listed for the Philippines at including 33 endemics (one of which is
endangered), 1,729 reef-associated, 169 pelagic, and 336 deep water species. This tells us
that the Philippines has one of the richest marine biodiversity in the world
(http://oneocean.org/flash/philippine_biodiversity.html).
As much as there are a lot of fishes in our oceans, there are also plentiful of performance-
based assessment tools that teachers can choose from. Some of these assessment tools are
contained in the fishbowl above. To activate what you just learned in the previous unit,
classify those tasks as product oriented or process oriented. However, if you think that the
task is somehow intermediate of the two, don’t worry because there is a space for that.
Write your answers in the Venn-diagram.
Process-Oriented Product-Oriented
Intermediate
Did you put some tasks in the “intermediate” area? If yes, that’s interesting. If no, better think
twice kid. In the space provided, explain briefly why you chose to put some tasks intermediate of
product and process oriented?
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Topic 1. Product-Oriented Learning Competencies
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. Distinguish product-oriented assessment from process-oriented assessment; and,
2. Construct product-oriented learning competencies.
Presentation of Content
Product-oriented performance-based assessment in a nutshell
Gronlund (1998) recommends to teachers that they use product-oriented assessment if:
1. Different procedures result in an equally good product;
2. Procedures are not available for observation;
3. The procedures have been mastered already; and,
4. Products have qualities that can be identified and judged.
To reinforce your understanding, suppose that the learning task is to “write a haiku” or “write a
lyric poem”. The teacher who is interested in the process will assess the learner based on the skill
acquired, so in the case of writing a poem, the criterion would be “displayed skillful ability to
compose an original poem” and “displayed ability to rhyme the words “. While in the product-
oriented assessment, the teacher will focus on the product his/her learner was able to come up
with. In writing a poem, a teacher should be interested in assessing these criteria: organization of
the poem; poem contain 3 stanzas; correct grammar; or contains 150 words.
As you can infer from the illustration above, we are focusing on the poem itself and not on the
learner. This is what product-oriented assessment is all about.
Many times, when teachers write their instructional objectives that they can not draw a clear line
separating the process and the product. This tells us that performance-based learning
competencies are inherently eccentric. However, teachers can include behavior expectations
targeting complex tasks that students are expected to achieve. Products can include a wide range
of student works which are targets specific.
Take note that the complexity of the competencies increases from beginner to expert. As a pre-
service teacher, it is not necessary to include all these competencies in your lesson plan. Just
make sure that the competencies are appropriate to the abilities of your students.
DepEd Order No. 73, s.2012 attached examples of assessment strategies that teachers can use for
performance bases assessment. An example is presented in the box.
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Topic 2. Task Designing in Product-Oriented Performance-Based
Assessment
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. Identify appropriate tasks for product-oriented performance-based assessment; and
2. Design tasks for product-oriented performance-based assessment.
Presentation of Content
Developing Performance Tests for Learners: A Retrospect
You might have learned already the different steps in designing performance-based assessment
in the previous sections. However, there is no harm to look back at them but looking through a
different form. Kubiszyn & Borich (2007) presented four steps in developing performance tests.
This applies to both product- and performance-oriented assessment.
Can you see how the answers to the questions of Wiggins are answered in his example? If yes,
reserve your thoughts for the application part of this unit. Moving on, while there is no single
formula or recipe that guarantees a valid product-oriented performance test, these criteria can
help teachers in refining the tasks they chose.
Even if the task is complex, the expected final product your students will do should be
clear. Make sure that they are able to visualize the competencies you want them to
demonstrate.
Design a task with a narrow domain but can measure a wide range of behavior.
Allow learners to exhibit varying procedure in accomplishing the product. In this way
you can derive multitude of generalizations about your learners’ problem-solving ability.
Accomplishing the product should require considerable mental effort and place high
demands on the persistence and determination of the individual learner.
Meanwhile, Navarro & Santos (2013) presented four criteria in task designing in product-
oriented assessment. The design of the task depends on what the teacher desires to observe as
outputs of the student. One can look at these four elements:
In summary, when designing a product-oriented assessment task, you should take note of the
context of the task if it is applicable to the real world. That is the very essence of authentic
assessment after all. Additionally, you should also put in mind the nature of your learners,
complexity, and validity of the task.
Application
Before answering these questions, what do you think is the kind of profession
portrayed in the performance task designed by Wiggins?
Answer: _____________________________________
Question Answer
What does the “doing of
mathematics, history, science, art,
and so forth” look and feel like to
professional who make their living
working in those fields in the real
world? (In this case, social studies)
Activity 2. In your field of specialization, choose a topic and write two product-oriented learning
competencies and think of tasks your students will have to accomplish to achieve the
competencies. Detail the tasks in the space provided.
Field of Specialization:
Grade Level:
Topic:
Learning Competencies: A.
B.
Task Design (How will your students carry out the task and what are the specifications and
inclusions of the product? --- write in a similar way as Mr. Wiggins.):
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Topic 3. Scoring Systems for Product-Oriented Performance-Based
Assessment
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. Differentiate checklist, rating scale, and rubrics; and,
2. Construct scoring systems for product-oriented performance-based assessment.
Presentation of Content
Why Rubrics?
Many teachers become reluctant in using performance-based assessment because of several
reasons. Performance tasks are known to be time consuming in terms of scoring. Traditional tests
are easier to score and that pushes teachers to choose traditional testing over performance-based
tests. In addition, performance tasks are prone to subjective scoring which can turn an authentic
performance test an inaccurate one. Your goal when scoring performance test is to do justice to
the time spent developing them and the effort expended by students taking them. You can
accomplish this by developing carefully constructed scoring system called Rubrics.
Categories of Scoring Systems
Kubiszyn & Borich (2007) identified three categories of scoring system to use
when scoring a product-oriented test or performance-task in general. These are checklists,
rating scales, and rubrics.
In the previous unit, you were introduced to scoring rubrics already. This time you will learn
about checklist and rating scales. These scoring systems are relatively easy to design. In fact, this
is also easier to use and can make scoring of product tasks faster and less subjective. However,
one flaw of checklists and rating scales is the decreased diagnostic information you can get
compared to rubrics.
Making a Checklist
Observation checklists permit teachers to monitor and check how students perform relative to
explicit outcomes. Observation checklists, written in a yes/no format can be used to assist in
observing student performance relative to specific criteria. These tools can also contain spaces
for short comments, which will provide additional information not captured in the checklist.
Before you use an observation checklist, ensure students understand what information or
qualities will be gathered and how it will be used. The table below shows an integrated
procedure in making a checklist from McMillan (2001) and Alberta Education (2008). An
example of a checklist is presented in the next page.
Guidelines for Using Checklists
Unlike checklists, rating scales can allow teachers to specify the degree or frequency of the
behaviors displayed by the learner or the attributes of the product. Rating scales, in analogy, is a
dimmer which you can adjust the intensity of the light but a checklist is basic light switch that
just turns on and off light. Rating scales state the criteria and provide three or four response
selections to describe the quality or frequency of student work.
In addition, rating scales provides opportunities for students to set goals and improve
performance. Effective rating scales use descriptors with clearly understood measures, such as
frequency. Scales that rely on subjective descriptors of quality, such as fair, good or excellent,
are less effective because the single adjective does not contain enough information on what
criteria are indicated at each of these points on the scale.
- Three loads
- Two switches
Rating scale for themes and term papers that emphasizes interpretation and organization
Quality and Accuracy of Ideas
1 2 3 4 5
Very limited Some Extensive
investigation; investigation investigation;
little or no and good detail
material attention to and
related to the the facts are representatio
facts apparent n of the facts
Logical development of Ideas
1 2 3 4 5
Very little Some logical Good logical
orderly developmen development;
development t of ideas, ideas logically
of ideas; but logical connected
presentation order needs and built upon
is confusing to be another.
and hard to improved.
follow.
Organization of Ideas
1 2 3 4 5
No apparent Organization Good
organization. is mixed; organization
Lack of some of the and
paragraphing ideas not paragraphing;
and adequately clear
transitions. separated transitions
from other between ideas
with
appropriate
transitions
Words and Phrasing
1 2 3 4 5
Wording Some word Appropriate
trite; choices are use words and
extensive awkward phrasing work
use of clichés to sharpen
ideas
Rubrics for Product-oriented Tasks
Rubrics have been introduced to you already in the previous unit. Note that there are two types of
rubrics; analytic and holistic. When making a rubric, educators emphasized the importance of
clear and comprehensible quality levels. Alberta Education (2008) proposes that teachers follow
the following guidelines:
Level 1 Does not yet meet acceptable standard. This level indicates
what is not adequate for grade level expectations and indicates that
the student has serious errors, omissions or misconceptions. This is a
"No, but …". The teacher needs to make decisions about
appropriate intervention to help the student improve.
When designing scoring rubrics for product-oriented tasks, focus on the characteristics or
qualities of the final product that your students are expected to deliver as bases for your criteria.
Take note again, that product-oriented tasks assess the products or outputs and not the learner or
how the final product was accomplished by the learner.
This is an example of a holistic rubric in evaluating an essay.
Grade Score Criteria
A (90-100) The “A” argument essay is exceptional in every way. The
essay is well organized and all claims are supported. It begins
with a solid introduction that contains a clear thesis, is
followed by body paragraphs that contain clear topic
sentences with clear and detailed support, and ends with an
effective conclusion. Content is thorough and lacking in no
area. There are no (or few) errors in tone, format, mechanics,
grammar, and content.
B (80- 89) The “B” essay is above adequate in most areas. In the areas
where it is not above adequate, it is still entirely acceptable.
The majority of the essay is clear, focused, and well detailed,
but there may be a few areas requiring further development.
While it may contain a few errors with tone, mechanics,
grammar, and/or content, these errors are not egregious
enough to detract from the overall point being made.
C (70- 79) The “C” essay is adequate in most areas, but exceptional in
none. The thesis is clear although probably lacking in both
control and command. Organization may be a slight problem
but can be fixed. The paragraphs provide support but are
generally underdeveloped. There may be multiple errors in
tone, format, mechanics, grammar, and content, but these
errors do not, for the most part, detract from the overall
writing.
F (0- 59) The “F” essay generally needs little explanation. There are
significant problems throughout. The thesis is often lacking,
and the argument, if there is one, wanders and is
unorganized. The essay shows no understanding of basic
essay structure, and there are significant errors in tone,
format, mechanics, grammar, and/or content. The effort on the
part of the writer is questionable, at best.
Total
Rating Scales
Holistic Rubric
Note: This table may serve as a guide in choosing a particular scoring system for a given
product-oriented task.
Summary
Product-oriented assessment seeks to assess performance through a finalized product that
should meet specific requirements.
Product refers to something produced by students providing concrete examples of the
application of knowledge.
There are three levels of product-oriented assessment competencies: Beginner, Skilled,
and Expert.
When designing a product-oriented assessment task, you should take note of the context
of the task if it is applicable to the real world. The nature of your learners, complexity,
and validity of the task should also be considered.
There are generally three types of scoring systems: Checklist, Rating Scales, and Rubrics.
Checklist contain lists of traits or characteristics that can be scored as present as either
present or absent.
Rating Scales require that the test developer first identify the most salient characteristics
or primary traits when observing the product. Then, for each trait, the developer assigns
numbers (usually 1-5) that represent degrees of performance.
Rubrics can be holistic and analytic. When making a rubric, educators emphasized the
importance of clear and comprehensible quality levels.
Reflection
Excellent! Time flies so fast, isn’t it? You have just finished this unit on product-oriented
performance-based assessment. Can you say you are a “finished product” already? Not so
fast, there are still many things to learn about authentic assessment. You will get to know
them in the succeeding units. But before you continue your sail, think about the following
questions and answer them briefly in 5-10 sentences.
1. Based on your past experiences in high school or even now that you are in
college, were the product-oriented tasks assigned to you authentic at all?
Explain your answer?
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2. As a pre-service teacher, what are the difficulties that may confront you in
assigning product-oriented tasks to your learners?
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3. “The end does not justify the means”- how does this saying relate to product-
oriented performance tasks?
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