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Traditional Vs. Authentic Assessment. Traditional Assessment Definition:. Traditional assessment are the conventional methods of testing such as:- quiz. exam. paper. Standardized tests. most state achievement test. high school graduation examination. Authentic Assessment Definition:.
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Traditional Assessment Definition: • Traditional assessment are the conventional methods of testing such as:- • quiz. • exam. • paper. • Standardized tests. • most state achievement test. • high school graduation examination.
Authentic Assessment Definition: • An assessment that is performance-oriented, the thinking goes, with the assessment that aims to measure not only the correctness of the response, but also the thought process involved in arriving at the response, and that encourage students to reflect their own learning in both depth and breadth, the belief is that instruction will be pushed into a more thoughtful, more reflexive, richer mode as well.
Alternative Names for Authentic Assessment Performance Assessment Alternative Assessment Direct Assessment
Other Definitions: • Performance assessments call upon the examinee to demonstrate specific skills and competencies, that is, to apply the skills and knowledge they have mastered. Richard J. Stiggins
Other Definitions: • A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills Jon Mueller
Traditional Assessment vs. Authentic Assessment: • Traditional Assessment (TA) • Multiple choice • Gap fill • True-false • Matching
Traditional Assessment vs. Authentic Assessment: • Authentic Assessment (AA) • Inventories • Peer rating / Self rating • Journals • Portfolios • Discussions • Interviews
How to CreateAuthentic Assessments • Step 1: Identify the standards • Step 2: Select an authentic task • Step 3: Identify the criteria for the task • Step 4: Create the rubric
STEP 1: Identify the Standards • Standards, like goals, are statements of what students should know and be able to do. However, standards are typically more narrow in scope and more amenable to assessment than goals. “Students will be able to add two-digit numbers correctly.”
STEP 2: Select an Authentic Task • Find a way students can demonstrate that they are fully capable of meeting the standard. The language of a well-written standard can spell out what a task should ask students to do to demonstrate their mastery of it.
STEP 3: Identify the Criteria for the Task • Ask "What does good performance on this task look like?" or "How will I know they have done a good job on this task?" • Criteria: Indicators of good performance on a task
STEP 3: Identify the Criteria for the Task Characteristics of a Good Criterion • clearly stated • brief • observable • statement of behavior • written in a language students understand
STEP 3: Identify the Criteria for the Task • Standard • The student will be able to divide two-digit numbers correctly. • Task • Calculate the given math problems without using the calculator and answer it in the board. Explain their answers. • Criteria • The proper use of the step-by-step process in solving the problem. Correctness of the final answer. The way they explain and deliver the reason of how they arrive with the final answer.
STEP 4: Create the Rubric • Once you have identified the criteria you want to look for as indicators of good performance, you next decide whether to consider the criteria analytically or holistically.
Experts Say… “For many students, assessment is not an educational experience in itself, but a process of ‘guessing what the teacher wants.’” • (McLaughlin & Simpson, 2004)
Bibliography: • http://www.slideshare.net/xanderjoy/authentic-assessment-2104700 • http://www.sedl.org/loteced/comparing_assessment.html