High-Quality
Assessment and Instruction

High-Quality Assessment and Instruction

Exemplars publishes real-world performance tasks for assessment and instruction in math, science and writing. Our material can also be used in student portfolios, to enrich staff development or as a pre- and post-test to track student progress.

Our engaging standards-based tasks are:

Effective supplements for use in Title I programs and the traditional classroom
Of high-cognitive demand and encourage students to communicate their thinking and explain their reasoning
Differentiated at 3 levels of performance in math to meet individual learning needs

Rubrics and annotated anchor papers (hallmarks of Exemplars) provide Title I students with a concrete understanding of what work meets the standard and why, facilitating peer- and self-assessment. These tools also assist Title I teachers in identifying students' specific strengths and weaknesses in problem-solving, science-process and communication skills.

Our goal is to provide Title I teachers with the fundamental tools to integrate successful performance-based assessment and instruction in a user-friendly way. Doing so enables teachers to help students reach higher levels of achievement and gain greater understanding, meeting state and national standards.

"Exemplars tasks have proven to be engaging for our Title I students. Use of the student-scoring rubric helps students understand exactly what is expected of them as they solve problems."

Deidre Greer, PhD.
Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator
Early Childhood Education

"It was a joy to see the students so engaged with the math concepts and to see how each reacted in his or her own way to the higher level thinking math skills."

G. Hardy
Asst. Principal
Mississippi