表現標準是一套系統包括:n 表現等級(performance levels):對成就加以區分並視需要命名給標籤(labels for each level of achievement)。 表現描述(performance descrXXXiptors):敘述在每一等級的表現內涵(narrative descrXXXiptions of performance at each level)。n 作業示例(exemplars):從代表性樣本取得學生作業範例,包含各表現等級(examples of student work from a representative sample of all students that illustrate the full range of performance at each level)。n 決斷分數(cut scores):在評量中可以區分不同表現等級的分數(scores on a variety of assessments that separate the different levels of performance)。