- Foreword by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
- User's Guide
- The Nature of Performance Tasks
- Rubrics
- Standards
- Portfolios
- Multiple Intelligence Approaches
- A Collection of Performance Tasks
Performance Tasks Based on Vocabulary
Performance Tasks Based on Poetry
Performance Tasks Based On Drama and Speech
Performance Tasks Based on Film
Performance Tasks Based on Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation
Performance Tasks Based on Language and Cultural Identity
Performance Tasks Based on Novels
Performance tasks based on the Writing Process