MEET THE DEMANDS OF

WEST VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS

Real-world performance tasks are well suited to meeting the educational goals of West Virginia’s College and Career Readiness Standards. They enhance instruction by fostering student DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-WORLD SKILLS that students need to succeed in the future workforce— the essence of the Standards.

Defined Learning provides an online library of CAREER-FOCUSED PERFORMANCE TASKS that ALIGN TO WEST VIRGINIA’S STANDARDS. Each task is based on a situation in a relevant career and provides opportunities for students to deepen understanding and apply their knowledge in real world scenarios. We provide all of the resources teachers need to implement high-quality tasks including grade specific lessons, guidance documents, and robust professional development on Defined Learning and effective teaching strategies for PBL within the classroom.

Here are a few of our teachers’ favorite performance tasks that align to West Virginia’s College and Career Readiness Standards that you can use (FREE) in your classroom this year:

SAMPLE PERFORMANCE TASK FOR K-2

SAMPLE PERFORMANCE TASK FOR 3-5

SAMPLE PERFORMANCE TASK FOR MS

SAMPLE PERFORMANCE TASK FOR HS

As you look to enhance your curriculum with resources that meet West Virginia’s Academic Standards for Science, please consider Defined Learning .