Performance based assessment for 21st century skills is a great tool for teaching skills useful today and tomorrow covering everything from public speaking to portfolios to internet scavenger hunts stanley offers a detailed explanation of each activity as well as a thoughtful list of pros and cons. However in the 21st century workplace these types of tests fail to truly prepare students how many times in the real world are we called upon to take a multiple choice performance based assessments allow classroom teachers an alternative to traditional multiple choice tests. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards sell. Performance based assessment for 21st century skills makes the argument that teachers should use performance based assessments in the classroom it guides the educator step by step to show how he or she can create performance based assessments for students including what they look like teaching students how to create them setting the proper . Based on all of these considerations she concluded that such assessment methods as essays and performance assessment tasks were promising candidates to assess the four 21st century skills she then reviewed four assessment items discussed below