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AlternativeAssessment

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What is alternative

assessment? Alternative assessment is an option to

standardized tests and all the problems thatcome with them. In other words, an alternative

assessment measures applied profciency morethan it measures knowledge

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Goal

to collect inormation about the student!sprogress in terms o approaching, processingand complete real lie tasks in a particular

domain.

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"haracteristics

Asks students to perorm, create or producesomething

#ncourages student sel$re%ection

&easures outcomes o signifcance

 'aps higher$level thinking and problem$solvingskills

(ses tasks that represent meaningulinstructional activities

Invokes real$world applications

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(ses human )udgment *rather than machines+or scoring

e-uires new instructional and assessment

roles or teachers

rovides sel$assessment opportunities orstudents

rovides opportunities or both individual and

group work

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rinciples oAlternative

Assessment

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Principle 1:

Assessment provides eedback or learning andis intertwined with curriculum and instruction

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Principle 2:

involves completing work across the curriculumas shown by portolios and activities that areevaluated by teams o teachers and outside

e/perts and parents.

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Principle 3:

addresses airness and bias. Assessment helpsbridge cultural gaps.

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Principle 4:

roessional development ocuses on studentwork, and thus involves assessment, whileteacher collaboration inorms the assessment

and graduation processes.

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Principle 5:

arents and community are e/pected to have areal involvement in the school, and at timesthey participate in the review process. 'his

parent and community involvement enhancescommunication about student learning

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 'ypes o alternativeassessment

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Portfolios:

Is a collection osamples o a student!swork used to giveevidence o progress inlearning. ortolios arean opportunity orstudents to providee/amples o theirlearning activities,

ideas and re%ections.ortolios help studentstake more responsibilityor their own learning.

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Anecdotal Records:

are collections owritten observations ostudents related totheir progress inlearning. 'his writtenaccount o observationsmay be kept in aseparate notebook orincluded in a student!s

portolio on a studentpaper.

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Audio and Video

Recordings: 0ideotapes, audiotapes,

photographs, and slidesare technologies thathave become popularto measure student!sprogress. ecordingstudents several timesover a period o timeallows or comparisons

that reveal studentprogress towardlearning goals.

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"heck lists

 'here are two types ochecklists. 'he simplechecklist providesevidence o thepresence or absence oa particular behavior,trait, ability, orcharacteristic. 'hesimple checklist merely

re-uires the observer tocheck yes or no.

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ating scales

are checklists thatre-uire the observer tomake a )udgementconcerning the degreeto which the behaviorwas perormed byplacing scores on ascale rom high to lowperormance

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ubrics

are scoring tool thatlists the criteria or apiece o work andarticulates gradationso -uality or eachcriterion, rom e/cellentto poor

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Diaries and Journals

1tudents are beencouraged to makedaily entries writingabout their progress ina particular study in adiary or the topic otheir desire.

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Writing olders

show the di2erentstyles o writing thatstudents accomplishsuch as frst drats,current writing, fnisheddrats, new writingideas, etc.

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Conferences:

A peer conerence iscomposed o a group ofve to si/ students whomeet together to assess

the written work o thegroup members. 1tudentsprovide help, eedback,and ideas to each other.

 'he teacher$studentconerence is held to

provide vitalcommunication betweenthe teacher and thestudent concerning thestudent!s educationalprogress.

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Debriengs and

Reviews4 is a 5what we learned6

type o discussion withthe purpose oassessing a singleevent or happening,such as a feld trip orvisitor to the classroom

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Advantages o

Alternative Assessments  'hey provide a means o assessing valued skills

that cannot be directly assessed with traditionaltests.

 'hey provide a more realistic setting or studentperormance than traditional tests.

 'hey ocus on student perormance and the-uality o work perormed by students.

 'hey can be easily aligned with establishedlearning outcomes.

rocess can be costly in terms o time, e2ort,e-uipment, materials, acilities, or unds.

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7isadvantages o

Alternative Assessments rocess can be costly in terms o time, e2ort,

e-uipment, materials, acilities, or unds.

ating process is sometimes more sub)ective

than traditional e/ams.

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