Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education Distributes Customized Performance Assessment Casebook for 'Blended Learning'

Sharing Examples of Subject-Specific Performance Assessments in a Blended Learning Environment

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 25th that it has distributed a casebook on performance assessments in a 'blended learning' environment to support frontline school teachers and students who are facing difficulties in evaluation due to the shortened in-person class periods caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Since sequential attendance began on the 20th of last month, frontline schools have been conducting classes in a blended learning format that mixes remote and in-person instruction, such as alternating day or week attendance systems, to minimize student density as part of practicing social distancing in daily life. Performance assessments must be conducted during classes where teachers can directly observe student activities, which has caused challenges in evaluation at schools.

In April, the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education relaxed the standards through the 'Guidelines for Attendance, Evaluation, and Recording in Secondary Remote Classes,' reducing the required number of performance assessment areas from 'two or more' to 'one or more,' and allowing the semester-end converted score weight to be lowered from over 40% to between 10% and 20%. Accordingly, most subjects are conducting performance assessments in one area with a weight of 10% to 20%.

However, despite these measures, the Office explained that alternatives were needed to reduce the evaluation burden due to the shortened in-person class periods. The Office formed the 'Daegu Secondary Student Evaluation Field Support Group' composed of frontline teachers, who compiled evaluation materials based on performance assessments linked to student activities conducted during remote classes into a casebook organized by subject.

Teacher Sang-eun Yoo (Simin Middle School), who is active in the Field Support Group, said, "There was much concern about how to consider fairness and simultaneity in performance assessments when students attend school in alternating weeks as Group A and Group B," adding, "We thought about how to conduct evaluations that align with the essence of assessment and proposed performance assessment ideas reflecting activities from remote classes."

The casebook is uploaded on the EduNavi website to share materials with frontline teachers.

A representative from the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education stated, "We hope that teachers will refer not only to cases in their own subjects but also to those in other subjects, and through collaboration among members of the school's teacher professional learning communities (horizontal communities), they will be able to conduct future performance assessments fairly and stably."

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