Authentic Assessment

Traditional Assessment versus Authentic Assessment
1. Curriculum-driven
  1. Teach to the Test
2. Assessment-driven
  1. Teach to the Test
Traditional or Authentic? Or Both?
1. Knowledge versus Application
2. Teaching, Learning, and Assessment are Separate
3. Teaching, Learning, and Assessment are Integrated
How to Assess Authentically
1. Find the Standards
2. Create a Task
3. Identify the Criteria
4. Qualify the Critera
Assessment as a Process
1. Home Language Survey
  1. Identifies potential EB/EL Students
2. Performance-based Assessment
  1. Student Portfolios
    1. Display Authentic Student Work
3. Annual Yearly Progress
  1. Often Measured by Standardized Tests
    1. Must Eliminate Inherent Cultural Bias
Authentic Assessment in Practice
1. Performance-Based Assessment
  1. Sometimes Informal Assessment
    1. Relates the Process with the Product
2. Portfolio Assessment
  1. Systematically Descriptive of Student Progress
    1. Assessment of Content Knowledge
    2. Assessment of Language Proficiency
Diversity in Authenticity
1. Allows for Variation in Demonstration
  1. Supports Different Learning Styles
  2. Must Implement Multiple Assessments

Resource summary

	Created by Candace Cooper over 8 years ago