Authentic Assessment TOOLS 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 Contrived O Repetitive O Recall O Concrete O Performing a Task O Real-life O Purposeful O Application O 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 Rubrics Analytic 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 Creativity O Encourages Collaborative Work O Reflection of Real- World Skills and Knowledge O Enhances written and oral presentation skills O Time-intensive O Difficult to coordinate with mandatory educational standards O Challenging to provide consistent grading scheme O Subjective nature of grading

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