SB760:

Performance-based assessments; Department of Education to develop a task bank.

Bill Summary:

Department of Education; task bank for performance-based
assessments. Requires the Department of Education to develop
a task bank for performance-based assessments that is built using
vetted tasks that have been developed by practitioners and aligns
with (i) the Department's Virginia Quality Criteria Review Tool for
Performance Assessments, (ii) the content in the standards of quality,
and (iii) the skills in the Profile of a Graduate. The bill provides
that school divisions may select tasks from the task bank.