Authentic assessment focuses on evaluating students' real-world skills like analytical ability, creativity, collaboration, and communication. It values the learning process and allows students to construct their own responses rather than relying on rote memorization. Authentic assessment aims to mimic real-life tasks and problems through activities like performances, investigations, open-response questions, portfolios, and self-assessment. This differs from traditional assessment which relies on isolated, standardized multiple choice questions and evaluates learning once it is considered "finished."
Authentic assessment focuses on evaluating students' real-world skills like analytical ability, creativity, collaboration, and communication. It values the learning process and allows students to construct their own responses rather than relying on rote memorization. Authentic assessment aims to mimic real-life tasks and problems through activities like performances, investigations, open-response questions, portfolios, and self-assessment. This differs from traditional assessment which relies on isolated, standardized multiple choice questions and evaluates learning once it is considered "finished."
Authentic assessment focuses on evaluating students' real-world skills like analytical ability, creativity, collaboration, and communication. It values the learning process and allows students to construct their own responses rather than relying on rote memorization. Authentic assessment aims to mimic real-life tasks and problems through activities like performances, investigations, open-response questions, portfolios, and self-assessment. This differs from traditional assessment which relies on isolated, standardized multiple choice questions and evaluates learning once it is considered "finished."
Authentic assessment focuses on evaluating students' real-world skills like analytical ability, creativity, collaboration, and communication. It values the learning process and allows students to construct their own responses rather than relying on rote memorization. Authentic assessment aims to mimic real-life tasks and problems through activities like performances, investigations, open-response questions, portfolios, and self-assessment. This differs from traditional assessment which relies on isolated, standardized multiple choice questions and evaluates learning once it is considered "finished."
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AUTHENTIC
ASSESSMENT WHAT IS AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT?
• focuses on students’ analytical skills; ability to
integrate what they learn; creativity; ability to work collaboratively; and written and oral expression skills. • it values the learning process as much as the finished product. AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT….
• Aims to evaluate students’ abilities in “real-world”
contexts. • Students learn how to apply their skills to authentic tasks and projects. • The tasks are either replicas of, or analogous to, the kinds of problems faced by the adult citizens . AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT…..
• Moves beyond learning by rote and memorization of
traditional methods and allows students to construct responses. • It captures the aspect of the students’ knowledge, deep understanding, problem-solving skills, social skills, and attitudes that are used in a real-world, or simulation of a real- world situation and set meaningful and engaging tasks in a rich context, where the learner applies knowledge and skills, and perform the task in a new situation. AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT….
• Not just an activity; it is a real measure of student
understanding related to specific learning outcomes. • So teachers must create the opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills to real-world tasks. HOW IS AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT SIMILAR TO/DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT? • Traditional Assessment (TA) does not show the thought process which led students to arrive at the answer they select. • Students are asked to demonstrate their knowledge of subject matter based on multiple choice or true/false questions and matching type of test where students typically select and answer or recall information without constructing information. • In contrast, authentic assessment (AA) drives the curriculum. Planning backwards occur. • Determines how students will demonstrate the desired outcomes; then, the instruction is fashioned to gain the necessary knowledge to successfully demonstrate mastery of desired outcomes in a manner that reflects the real world applications for sustained learning. • AA is much less structured and provides a more in-depth method of evaluating understanding in a subject area. • The process is valued just as much as the product. ALTERNATIVE NAMES FOR AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT…….
1. Performance assessment- so called because students perform
meaningful tasks. 2. Alternative assessment- so called because AA is an alternative to traditional assessments. 3. Direct assessment- so called because AA provides more direct evidence of meaningful application of knowledge and skills. COMPARISON OF AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT & TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT • Performing a task • Real-life AUTHENTICtask • Selecting TRADITIONAL a response • Application and original • Task is simulated and contrived. construction • Recall/Recognition • Student-structured/student-based • Teacher-structured/teacher-based • Direct evidence • Indirect evidence • Ongoing over a long period of time • Completed once for a specific • Integrated seamlessly within amount of time learning • Completed once learning is “finished” WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO CREATING AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT?
Step 1: Identify the standards
Step 2: Select and authentic task Step 3: Identify the criteria for the task Step 4: Create the rubric Authentic assessment should complement our traditional( paper and pencil) assessment because if we want to know what people are capable of doing we need to look beyond the kinds of information we can gain from pen and paper tests (Gardner, 1992) Authentic assessment utilizes performance samples- learning activities that encourage students to use higher-order thinking skills. Five Major Types of Performance Samples: 1. Performance assessment Performance assessments tests students’ ability to use skills in a variety of authentic contexts where students work collaboratively to apply skills and concepts to solve complex problems. 2. Short investigations Short investigations assess how well students have mastered basic concepts and skills. The teacher may ask students to interpret, describe, calculate, explain, or predict. 3. Open-response questions Open-response questions, like short investigations, present students with a stimulus and ask them to respond. Responses include: (a) a brief written or oral answer, (b) a mathematical solution, (c) a drawing (d) a diagram, chart, or graph 4. Portfolios
A portfolio documents learning over time. This
long-term perspective accounts for student improvement and teachers-students the value of self-assessment, editing, and revision which can include: a) journal entries and reflective thinking, b) peer reviews, c) artwork, diagrams, charts, graphs, d) group reports, e) students notes and outlines, etc. 5. Self-assessment Self-assessment requires students to evaluate their own participation, process, and products. Evaluative questions are the basic tools of assessment where students respond to questions like: (a) What was the most difficult part of this project for you? (b) What do you think you should do next? (c) If you could do this task again, what would you do differently? (d) What did you learn from this project? THANK YOU!