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Student Applied AI Literacy Performance Task

Students pick a contested real-world scenario, share their initial thinking, leverage general-purpose AI as a thought-partner to develop their thinking, and then write a final position statement.

Length20 minutes
Grades6–12
FallBaseline
SpringSummative
The task4 steps
STEP 01Pick a contestedreal-world scenarioSTEP 02Share their initialthinkingSTEP 03Leverage general-purposeAI as a thought-partnerto develop their thinkingSTEP 04Write a final positionstatement
ScoringEach student turn in the chat
Agency
Does the student direct their engagement with the AI?
The student…
  • 01Shares own thinking
  • 02Takes what fits, leaves the rest
  • 03Asks for feedback
  • 04Asks for pushback
  • 05Pushes for more
Critical thinking
Is there evidence of strong reasoning?
The student…
  • 01Notices what's missing
  • 02Weighs tradeoffs
  • 03Questions the AI
  • 04Responds to pushback