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Authentic Assessment TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE
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Authentic Assessment. TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE. What is Authentic Assessment?. “A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills” John Mueller - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Authentic AssessmentTOOLS FOR THE FUTURE
What is Authentic Assessment?
O “A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills” John Mueller
O “…Engaging and worth problems of importance, in which students must use knowledge to fashion performances effectively and creatively. The tasks are either replicas of or analogous to the kinds of problems faced by adult citizens and consumers or professionals in the field.” Grant Wiggins
O “Performance assessments call upon the examinee to demonstrate specific skills and competencies, that is, to apply the skills and knowledge that they have mastered.” Richard J. Stiggins.
What does Authentic Assessment Look Like?Traditional
Assessment Authentic Assessment
O Selecting a Response
O ContrivedO RepetitiveO RecallO Concrete
O Performing a TaskO Real-lifeO PurposefulO ApplicationO Ambiguious
Types of Authentic Assessment
O Performance Assessment: Particularly useful when the objective targets a behavioral outcome.
O Portfolios: A collection of student work documenting learning over time.
O Group Tasks: Projects, Group Work, Peer Editing, etc.
O Brief Investigations: Measure mastery of basic concepts via the ability to interpret, describe, hypothesize, explain, or predict future relationships.
O Self-Assessment: Develops skills for reflection, evaluation, and revision of the work of the individual student.
Using RubricsAnalytic Rubric Holistic Rubric
O Articulates levels of performance for each criterion.
O Assesses performance across multiple criteria as a whole.
Will it Always Work?Advantages Disadvantages
O Promotes CreativityO Encourages
Collaborative WorkO Reflection of Real-
World Skills and Knowledge
O Enhances written and oral presentation skills
O Time-intensiveO Difficult to coordinate
with mandatory educational standards
O Challenging to provide consistent grading scheme
O Subjective nature of grading
ExamplesO http://
jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/authentictaskexamples.htm
O http://www.stemresources.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=84
O http://beyondthebubble.stanford.edu/assessments
