Residential district planning and design is a typical content of city planning design course, and occupies a very important position. The course teaching is interactive between teachers and students, and its performance evaluation also should use interactive evaluation. Teachers’ leading role and students’ main body effect should be full played. According to the value orientation and the main content of residential planning and design, performance evaluation includes attendance, research, scheme design and the official results. Self-assessment, peer assessment and common assessment by teachers and students should be used in the performance evaluation, which can fully mobilize the interaction between teachers and students and guarantee a fair, reasonable and transparent result.