To the Editor: No school has adopted performance-based assessments in order "to evade rigorous testing."

To the contrary, performance-based assessments entail engaging, meaningful evaluations of student work.

"It's not that we think it's unfeasible, it's just too early in the game for performance-based assessments."

They prefer alternatives such as teacher opinions, classwork, and performance-based assessments.

National board certification is voluntary and involves a rigorous performance-based assessment that takes one to three years for a successful candidate to achieve.

To the thousands of parents, students and teachers who have built successful, academically rigorous schools using performance-based assessment, these tools are already at hand.

"A thematic curriculum, experiential immersion techniques and performance-based assessments are the basis for this academic program."

Cramming is a widely-used study skill performed in preparation for an examination or other performance-based assessment.

We place emphasis on core values, participatory democracy, inquiry-based learning and performance-based assessment.

Courses are generally assessed using both performance-based and objective assessments.