Exemplars: Educational Materials

"Because of Exemplars, I learned to think like a mathematician and if you do, you understand the problem a lot better. When I think like a mathematician, I explain the problem, look for patterns and get a strategy." - Elementary Student

Exemplars pioneered the field of performance assessment tasks that meet national standards to improve assessment and instruction.

Exemplars offers materials for Mathematics, Science, Developing Writers and Professional Development. Exemplars also offers Spanish Translations of math tasks. (For complete descriptions, please click on subject areas on the left.)

All Exemplars materials are aligned to state and national standards and include:

Performance tasks and context for assignments
Subject-specific rubrics as well as task-specific rubrics
Annotated benchmark papers at Novice, Apprentice, Practitioner and Expert levels
Concepts to be assessed and skills to be developed
Interdisciplinary links and teaching tips
Possible solutions
Suggestions on how students might carry out the task
Estimated time required for each task

Alignments have also been made to various math texts, science kits and children's literature.

All our materials have been classroom tested. Back to top

"Students are amazed at how they can lift their levels of achievement by following the rubric and knowing what is necessary for all levels."

A Title I Teacher