Local Performance Assessment Requirement
The purpose of the local performance assessment requirement is to ensure that Oregon students are afforded opportunities to learn and to receive feedback regarding their academic progress.
Requirement Description
Local Performance Assessments must be:
- Embedded within the curriculum;
- Aligned to content standards;
- An opportunity for students to learn and receive feedback on their academic progress;
- Administered at least once a year to all students at Grades 3 through 8 and once in high school.
Comparison of Local Performance Assessment and Essential Skills
Table with summary of each requirement
Additional Information about Requirements
Aligned to Content Standards
Local performance assessments must align with the state content standards for the skill area being assessed. For example questions about reading selections, prompts for writing, topics for speaking, and problems for mathematics must clearly provide students with opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in the content standards being assessed.
Difference between Local Performance Assessments and Work Samples
Local performance assessment is a broad term that encompasses assessments that are embedded in the curriculum and evaluate student knowledge and skill. A work sample is a specific kind of local performance assessment that is an approved assessment option for the Essential Skills graduation requirement. Work samples must be administered, scored, and potentially revised under strict administrative conditions, including that they must be scored using the state scoring guides. For local performance assessments - other than work samples - districts have wide latitude in setting the administrative, scoring, and revision guidelines. The term work sample can be confusing because it sounds generic, but it actually means something quite specific.
Using a Work Sample to Meet the Local Performance Assessment Requirement
Should districts choose to offer work samples to meet the local performance assessment requirements, districts are encouraged but are not required to follow the guidance in the Work Sample section above regarding work sample development, administration, and scoring.
By administering a work sample for the Writing and/or Mathematics Essential Skills graduation requirement, the district has also fulfilled their local performance assessment requirement for high school Writing and/or Mathematics Problem-Solving, respectively.
Local Performance Requirement Information 
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