Traditional vs Authentic

Which one should you chose?

• Traditional Assessment
• Emphasizes recall
• Indirect evidence of understanding
• Students select a response
• "Curriculum drives assessment"
• Authentic Assessment
• Students create from knowledge base
• Direct evidence of understanding
• Students perform a task
• "Assessment drives curriculum"

There should be a mixture of both

• The two types of assessment complement each other
• As an educator it is important to find the balance between the both types of assessment as students will be able to showcase different abilities with different types of assessment.
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