Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Authentic Assessment
- EQUITABLE
- allows for multiple paths to demonstration
of competency/knowledge
- can help to avoid biases that arise in traditional,
forced-choice assessments
- when creating writing prompts and assessing
student writing, teachers should be aware of
cultural issues that may impact assessment
- can help ELLs receive appropriate instruction by
assessing their skills and abilities
- authentic assessment may reveal student
strengths that traditional assessments miss
- INFORMATIVE
- drives curriculum
- provides data for lesson/ curriculum planning
- gives direct evidence
- leads to adjustments in instruction
- gives feedback about instructional
effectiveness
- MEANINGFUL
- demonstrates real-world skills and competencies
- addresses the "big WHY?"
- such as a school's mission to develop productive citizens
- addresses worthy problems and questions
- shows that students can use their knowledge in
authentic contexts
- direct demonstration of relevant skills
- DISTINCT
- differs from traditional assessment
- traditional
- "forced choice"
- driven by curriculum
- forced choice
- information recall
- selected answer, multiple choice, true/false
- does not show application
- teacher-structured
- authentic
- student - structured
- task or performance
- product or performance
- INTEGRATIVE
- integrates teaching, learning, and
assessing
- can be both formative or summative
- captures the construction of meaning
- act as vehicles for learning
- can be paired with traditional forms of
assessment
- can show both the process and result of learning
- APPLICABLE
- can be applied to a wide range of subject
areas, skills, and competencies
- can be planned or take the form of informal observations
- standards-based
- shows an authentic result of what it looks like when students meet the standards
- often graded with rubrics