How to Create Assessments Toolkit Resources
This toolkit gives drama teachers structured guidance and materials for designing meaningful assessments tailored to theatrical learning contexts. It includes resources on foundational terms (e.g. formative vs. summative, Bloom’s Taxonomy), planning phases of assessment, rubric design, clear instructions, and examples of both formative and summative assessments.
00 - Overview
If you’ve ever had the perfect idea for a drama assessment but didn’t know where to start, use this toolkit to help you create assessments specifically for the drama classroom.
01 - Important Terms
These resources cover Formative vs. Summative assessment and Bloom's Taxonomy (resource and poster).
02 - Assessment Planning
These resources cover the phases of assessment planning, end of unit assessment and samples, as well as Bloom's Taxonomy action words.
03 - Creating Clear Instructions
Handouts to help you create clear instructions and do's and don'ts.
04 - Formatting Assessments
A checklist to ensure your assessments are formatted in a clear and concise manner.
05 - Rubrics
Resources include learning about rubrics, how to create, and how to adapt a rubric.
06 - Formative Assessments in the Drama Classroom
Examples and types of formative assessments.
07 - Summative Assessments in the Drama Classroom
Project and performance assessment ideas.
08 - Further Reading
A bibliography of sources for the assessment toolkit.
