| A Performance Standard refers to an expected level
of achievement in a subject area at a particular time. It
is equivalent to a benchmark. For example, see the Wisconsin
Standard G for Science. Performance Standards
describe how well students should be able to demonstrate knowledge
and/or skills."Content Standards describe what students
should know and be able to do. These standards describe the information
or skills essential to practice or apply in a particular discipline
or content domain "( Marzano, Pickering, & McTighe, 1993).
For example, principles of the U.S. constitution or the analysis
of historical documents.
To ascertain whether
a student has met an a performance standard (or, in other words,
has reached a "competency", or "proficiency"),
a passing score (or set of passing scores) is chosen.
In New Jersey, the passing score
is simply a numerical point along the score scale, and this
is the "proficency" level. |
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