IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE
ASSESSMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND
OBSTACLES
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT
Assessment in classroom
Teachers make desition on classroom
socio-economic status
constructivist view
performance on an ongoing basis
what children know and can do
Promoting alternative assessment
knowledge and
experience with
testing and classroom
based assessment
own instructional context
own frame of reference
help participants to develop knowledge
A tall order
testing affects
teachers, studemts,
curriculum and
instructional practices
high stakes testing,
alternative
assessment and
classroom
situate students in a certain level of achievement
procedures and
underlying
policies of
standarized
testing is
esential
Theoretical framework
leraners as constructors of knowledge
individuals become
proficient in learning
by engaging in social
interactions
Student
initiative,
self-discipline
and choice
students
self-evaluation
and goals
master of self
learning and
sense making
Authentic anf situated in classrooom
classroom context and students progress
environment and ongoing classroom practices
specific feedback
assessment integrated with instruction
OPPORTUNITIES
Possitive experiences
Using reflective material,
set goals and master
evaluation, metacognitive
awareness
Responsive instructions
level of achievement of your
students, abilities and capabilities,
cultural responsive, holistic
picture of your students, teachers
help to understand rubrics
OBSTACLES
External constrains
Lack of administrative and
parental support with test
scores
Internal constrains
student motivation,
classroom organization,
time, money, resources,
the way students and
teachers see the
classroom