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Definition
A form of Assessment in which students are
asked to perform real-world tasks that
demonstrate meaningful application of
essential knowledge and skills.
What does it look like?
An Authentic Assessment usually includes a
task for students to perform and a rubric by
which their performance on the task will be
evaluated.
Similarities and Differences
Traditional Assessment (TA) Authentic Assessment (AA)
A schools mission is to A schools mission is to
develop productive citizens. develop productive citizens.
To be a productive citizen and To be a productive citizen, an
individual must possess a individual must be capable of
certain body of knowledge and performing meaningful tasks in
skills. the real world.
Therefore, schools must teach Therefore, schools must help
this body of knowledge and students become proficient at
skills. performing the tasks they will
To determine if it is successful, encounter when they graduate.
the school must then test To determine if it is successful,
students to see if they acquired the school must then ask
the knowledge and skills. students to perform meaningful
tasks that replicate real world
challenges to see if students are
capable of doing so.
Traditional Assessment
In the TA model, the
curriculum drives the
assessment. The body of
knowledge is determined
first. That knowledge
becomes the curriculum
that is delivered.
Subsequently, the
assessments are developed
and administered to
determine if acquisition of
the curriculum occurred.
Authentic Assessment
In AA, assessment drives
the curriculum. That is,
teachers first determine the
tasks that students will
perform to demonstrate
their mastery and then a
curriculum is developed
that will enable students to
perform those tasks well,
which would include the
acquisition of essential
knowledge and skills.
Thought
We can teach students how to do math, do
history, do science, not just know them.
Contrived..Real-Life
Recall/Recognition...........Construction/Application
Teacher-StructuredStudent Structured
Showcase Portfolios
To showcase end-of-year/semester accomplishments, prepare a
sample of best work for employment or college admission, showcase
student perceptions of favorite, best or most important work, and to
communicate a students current aptitudes to future teachers.
Types of Portfolios
Evaluation Portfolios
To document achievement for grading purposes,
document progress towards standards, and to place
students appropriately.
Quote
Engaging and worthy problems or
questions 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 on Authentic Assessments
References
Authentic Assessment Toolbox
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox
/whatisit.htm