Application: Authentic Assessments are
created with the end in mind. In Authentic
Assessments, the assessment drives the
curriculum.
Why use Authentic Assessments
Not just showing what you know but showing
you can use what you have learned
Direct Demonstration of Knowledge and Understanding
A process to apply what you have learned
Allows multiple opportunities
to show what you know and
how to get the "right" answer
Not just one right answer
Application: Allowing our students to show what they know is
powerful for both the student and the educator. This gives the
students real life application of using the knowledge they
have been taught.
Traditional Assessments
Multiple Choice
Fill-in Blanks
True/False
Matching
Application: Traditional Assessments are created to
select an answer or recall information to answer
questions. In Traditional Assessments, the curriculum
drives the assessment.
Traditional Assessments and
Authentic Assessments work really
well when both used appropriately.
There are times for both types of
assessments and we have to judge
appropriately.
Assessing our English Language Learners
Initial Assessments
Home Language Surveys
WAPT
ACCESS
Application: We have to determine who our ELLs
are and the appropriate supports needed for our
them to be successful
On-Going Assessments
Assess all 4 language domins
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
The Assessments should be:
Comprehensible
Planned
Informative
Tailored
Authentic
High-Stakes Testing
Measures "AYP"
Accommodations should be used in order to make testing equitable for our students
Application: Assessments are crucial to our instruction
for our ELL students. We have to make sure we
continually measure the progress the students are
making in order to best serve our students
Using Informal, Authentic Assessments with Diverse Learners
Portfolio
A great way to measure student
performance over the course of the year.
You keep work samples and other pieces of
information to show what the student has
learned.
Performance Based
Measure what is going on in the classroom
Can be written or oral responses typically
Assessing Content Knowledge
Assess what the
student has learned
Application: Authentic Assessments are wonderful to measure the progress all of our students are making, but
especially our diverse learners. Authentic assessments will provide opportunities for our students to be
successful in multiple ways, not just reading and writing. Also, portfolios are a great informal assessment
for measuring the progress our students are making. Informal and Foraml assessments are crucial to
guiding our instruction.
How to Create Authentic Assessments
1. Identify the Standards
Common Core
WIDA
TESOL
2. Select an Authentic Task
Find a way the students can
show they have met the
standards
Students construct their own
responses and is relevant to the real
world
3. Identify the Criteria for the Task
What good performance on the
task looks like
4. Create the Rubric
Measures student performance on the task
Application: Design Authentic Assessments to test and
measure your students knowledge and understanding
of the curriculum. It's very important to follow the steps
in the correct order to make sure the standards remain
the main focus for the task.