1. Implementation
1.1. Must closely align with daily content
1.1.1. Review daily content as you are building the performance assessment
1.2. Define tasks in terms that are age appropriate
1.2.1. This will help students understand the task set before them
1.3. Observations
1.3.1. Carried out during each performance based assessment
1.4. Must have essential questions to act as guides of learning
1.5. Active learning must be taking place
2. Aspects
2.1. Checklists for teacher observations
2.1.1. Would need one for each assessment
2.2. Self-evaluation for students
2.2.1. Would need multiple for different subjects
2.3. Rubrics
2.3.1. Must have one for each embedded assessment
2.3.2. Can be holistic or analytic depending on the task
2.4. Must be adaptable to learners of all types
2.4.1. Adapt to meet the needs of students below grade level
2.4.2. Adapt to meet the needs of students above grade level
2.5. Student work
2.5.1. Portfolios
2.5.2. Writing Samples
2.5.3. Digital presentations
3. Difficulties
3.1. Time it takes to create assessments
3.2. Subjective grading
3.3. Planning time to conduct observations
3.3.1. Having to observe each student could become very time consuming
3.4. Training for educators
3.4.1. For effectiveness we must have training to help teachers understand what is expected of them and to show them examples of what has worked