Performance Assessment has been gradually implemented to prepare for the 21st century of information and knowledge-based age since 1999 in Korean secondary schools.
After being implemented for eight years, however, Performance Assessment has become an evaluation technique regardless of the students\' need or opinion. Looking at the Performance Assessment in high schools, for example, essay test is done as a part of the written tests with simple and unified subjects, and classroom participation and note-taking is graded using some given criteria. Although students do not explicitly express their opinion, they also recognize the problems of the Performance Assessment in its method and content. For this reason, most students regard Performance Assessment as unnecessary or time-taking extra works.
In this vein, the purpose of this thesis was to analyze the math Performance Assessment in terms of the students\' recognition and reality, and to suggest the desirable solutions to the problems. The subjects of the survey were 503 high school second graders in Busan, and the results of the survey were analyzed using SPSS WIN 12.0 statistic package.
The results of the survey were as follows. Most high school students\' recognition on the Performance Assessment was generally negative. Admitting the college entrance examination system and educational reality, the students\' recognition on the Performance Assessment needs to be promoted. The reason for this negative recognition was the formal and superficial implementation, the lack of the performance assessment\'s influence on the development of the students\' creativity and learning ability, and the lack of validity and fairness. Many students wanted the Performance Assessment to be promoted or abolished.
In conclusion, the Performance Assessment, which was introduced to promote the students\' independent learning ability, needs to be reformed to achieve its original purposes. If this is done, the Performance Assessment could be a process-oriented evaluation system and an authentic assessment which emphasizes the students\' individuality and differences in learning ability.