PERFORMANCE- BASED ASSESSMENT

Worksheet #2 Question #5
 LIST THE
ADVANTAGES AND
LIMITATIONS OF
PERFORMANCE-
BASED ASSESSMENT
ADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
1. It assesses
complex learning
outcomes not
measured by paper-
and pencil test.
Example

Preparing students for Careers center on

life outside the school performances
ADVANTAGES

2. It assesses the
process as well as
the product.
Example

Deboning of fish

Science
Performances
ADVANTAGES
3. It communicates
instructional goals
that relate to real
world context.
Example
ADVANTAGES
4. It assesses the
progress as well as
the performance.
ADVANTAGES
5. It involves the
students in the
process of assessing
their own growth.
Example
ADVANTAGES
6. It recognizes that
students can
express what they
know and can do in
different ways.
Example
ADVANTAGES
7. Specific, direct,
and understandable
information about
the students are
available to parents.
ADVANTAGES
8. It evaluates the
“ whole student”
ADVANTAGES
9. It enhances the
professional skills of
teachers through
collaborations with
other teachers.
Example
ADVANTAGES
10. It can establish a
framework for
observing students
that is consistent with
the principles of child
development.
ADVANTAGES
11. It can contribute to
a meaningful
curriculum planning
and the design of
developmentally
appropriate educational
inventions.
LIMITATIONS
LIMITATIONS

1. Constructing
performance
assessment is time
consuming.
LIMITATIONS

2.Scoring is often
questionable.
LIMITATIONS

It measures only a
limited scope of
learning objectives.