Authentic Assessment

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Mind Map on Authentic Assessment, created by Adriana Martinez on 08/09/2020.
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Authentic Assessment
  1. Adriana Martinez
    1. Big Idea 2: Why use AA? Authentic Assessment provides students with the oppotunity to demonstrate what they know AND show their teacher they can use the knowledge in real word scenarios. AA lends itself to the student constructing meaning of the knowledge which will also allow them to retain it better.
      1. EB students are likely to vary in ability level, so an example of authentic assessment is allowing variability. Some students may demonstrate their comprehension in an oral presentation because their speech is stronger than their writing ability while a peer opts to create a poster for the exact opposite reason.
      2. Big Idea 3: How to do it? Teachers should keep in mind that their main goal is to create opportunities for their students to perform real world tasks where they can use the knowledge and skills taught to them. However, there are steps one can follow. The first is to identify the standards (part of planning backwards), next create authentic tasks, determine the criteria that would demonstrate the student fulfilled the standard, finally create a rubric to evaluate their achievement more precisely.
        1. EB students can demonstrate how well they understand the concept of money by participating in the economy on a smaller scale. The currency can be dollars, pesos, quetzals, or whatever the class is most familiar. Students could each sell an item while others shop, then switch roles. All the while, students are documenting their sales by creating receipts and documenting their expenses. They will speak on their experience in an oral, video, or poster presentation.
        2. Big Idea 1 AA vs. TA: Authentic Assessment (AA) requires the instructor to determine what they want their pupil to learn before creating a curriculum. Once the teacher knows what the student should be capable of doing, they will design their curriculum (planning backwards). AA typically is used for tasks that are real-word challenges the student is likely to encounter and requires them to demonstrate their capabilities and knowledge of the task. In traditional assessment (TA), the school's curriculum would determine what the assessment would look like or contain. Students only tell the knowledge or skills they acquired. However, both assessments can be used to acquire a complete understanding of the student.
          1. TA: EB students would demonstrate their comprehension and ability to retell a text using a cut and paste worksheet. This is because pictures of events from the story are readily available to the children. They would only need to paste them in the order they occurred. Some multiple choice questions would follow the activity asking about why a character acted in a certain manner. This assessment is traditional because children are given choices to choose from to fulfill the task which also makes it less applicable to the child's authentic interactions.
            1. AA: EB students would demonstrate their comprehension and ability to retell a text while putting on a puppet show of the story's events. This is because the learners would need to identify the characters, their roles, intent of actions, and sequence of events to carry it out successfully. Furthermore, the assessment is authentic because students would face similar real-world challenges when comprehending their coworker's perspective or recalling information about a staff meeting to inform a colleague.
            2. Big Idea 4: Initial Assessment will influence where the student is placed and determine what the best methods of instruction are because we will obtain a better understanding of the child's skills and abilities.
              1. Initial Assessments are legally required so schools know what services to provide their students. Home Language Surveys can help schools make decisions that will positively impact their EB population.. These surveys typically ask for information regarding what languages are spoken at home, how often, with who, and when. Parents or the caregiver can express how many languages the child speaks as well as the student's skill level.
              2. Big Idea 5: Ongoing Assessment is useful in determining how well the current instruction is working for the EB..
                1. Portfolio Assessments are a neat way to capture an EB progress. In this folder, select assignments, projects, and work of the child is stored away throughout the year. The content of this portfolio should be predetermined, purposeful and informative of the child's ability, and tailored to fulfill objectives selected when first creating the portfolio.
                2. Big Idea 6: High-stakes testing is necessary for EB students to partake in because their scores will reflect how well their school, district, and state education agencies are progressing in the EB education.
                  1. Schools are required to participate in this testing with 95% attendance. EB students who qualify to avoid testing are those who do not have enough English language proficiency. Thankfully, these tests provide accommodations for qualifying EB students. They have extra time to complete the task, are read aloud the prompts/questions, have more breaks, and take the test in a less distracting environment.
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