Select an Authentic task in which
students can demonstrate their
knowledge
Look for patterns
across the
assessment
results
Plan future teaching
based on assessment
results
Holistic Rubrics focus on
the whole of the project.
Analytic rubrics break the
assessment into parts to
evaluate.
Real LIfe Application: Upon
administering an assessment in
which students chose a way to
show their learning, the teacher
notices that some students were
not grasping the core concept
while others were secure in their
knowledge. The teacher can then
plan a re-engagement lesson that
supports the developing students
while pushing the development of
the secure students.
Types of Authentic Assessment &
Emergent Bilinguals
Portfolios are comprehensive,
predetermined,, systematic,,
tailored to standards, and
authentic.
Performance Based Assessments can
show each student''s development over
time. They can include drafts,
modifications, and final product. Over
the course of a unit, the teacher can
use observation checklists and rubrics
to evaluate student learning.
Teachers can assess EB's
language development by
observing them retelling with a
partner, reading with a partner,
reading instructions, playing math
games, etc.
Teachers can also scaffold content based
assessments by allowing EBs to draw, orally tell, or
record their learning instead of only writing in
English.
Real LIfe Applicatoin: EBs are
encouraged to utilize thieir native
language when completing an
assessment about their own cultural
traditions. Some students chose to
record themselves talking in their
home language and others chose to
translanguage within a created book.
Traditional VS Authentic Assessment
Traditional:
Indirect evidence
Tests for recall
Teacher Focused
Select a response
Authentic:
Direct Evidence
Tests for
Understanding
Student
Centered
Multiple Ways
to Show
understanding
Authentic assessment provides students with the
opportunity to demonstrate their learning through a real life
task as opposed to through a pen and paper,
selected-response test. Authentic assessment knows that
students may have learned much more than a
teacher-derived test would allow them to show. Authentic
assessment drives curriculum.
Real Life Application: A teacher
determines that she wants
students to demonstrate the
ability to count. Instead of
administering a mutliple choice
test, she decides to have
students count for authentic
purposes like taking attendance
or figuring out how many forks
are needed for lunch.
Authentic Assessments are a
direct measurement of
student learning
Teaching cannot be given from the
teacher to the student. Students must
instead construct meaning for
themselves. Traditional assessments
show what information students have
memorized that the teacher deemed
important.
Students can demonstrate
what they have learned
directly by completing a
meaningful task.
Real Life Application: Students have the option to showcase
their learning about polar animals by building a model of
their animal and creating a video that talks from the
animal's point of view. They may also choose to write a book,
create a presentation, or plan and record a video. Students
are given a rubric before completing the project.
Authentic Assessment
and Emergent Bilingual
Learners
Emergent Bilingual students need
support, differentiated instruction,
and authentic assessments to
adequately gauge their learning.
Portfolios are a way to
provide a snapshot of
learning across time.
Emergent bilingual
students can benefit from
the opportunity to
demonstrate their learning
in an authentic way.
Emergent Bilinguals should be
given assessments in their home
language in order to determine
what they truly know.
By providing EBs with authentic
assessment, teachers are able to avoid
standardized tests that may not be
culturally sensitive or relevant to
students.
Authentic assessment allows
teachers to identify and build on
student strengths.
Integration of
teaching, learning,
and assessment
Authentic assessment
serves as an
opportunity for
students to construct
meaning.
When students are
completing a meaningful
task, they are still learning.
What is seen in the authentic
assessment can drive the
subsequent learning.