formative performance task

From the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) At a Glance: “Formative performance tasks are activities designed to help students practice the skills and acquire the content needed to perform well on the summative task. These tasks are built around the supporting questions and are intended to grow in sophistication across the tasks. The performance tasks threaded throughout the inquiry provide teachers with multiple opportunities to evaluate what students know and can do so that teachers have a steady loop of data to inform his/her instructional decision-making. Example: Write a paragraph that compares the political rights of white, black, and Native American men and women before and after the American Revolution.” (Grant et al., 2014)