Authentic Assessments

Portfolio Assessments
1. Direct Evidence
  1. Samples of student work
2. Representation of student's understanding
3. Language and Academic assessment form
4. Must be comprehensive, predetermined and systematic, informative, tailored, and authentic
Performance-based Assessments
1. Rubrics
  1. oral scoring rubrics
2. established criteria
3. everyday tasks
  1. oral reports, presentations, demonstrations, written assignments, and portfolios
4. oral communications focused for EB students can fall into this category
can be mixed with traditional assessment and done well
Performing a task, real-life, construction application, student-structured, and direct evidence all make up authentic assessment.
standards, authentic tasks, criteria, rubric, and cut score or adjust instruction
High Stakes Testing
1. Adequate yearly progress
  1. Focused on EB students
  2. puts EB students in subgroup even after they have showed progress
2. accomodations
  1. only if language level is insufficient enough not to take the test or if students have other educational needs
3. culturally Responsive Tests
  1. culture free testing does not exist
  2. comprehensible to the learner
  3. should not contain biases
Initial Assessment of Language, Literacy, and Content Learning
1. Home language surveys
2. language proficiency testing
  1. tests academic skills
  2. test instrument theoretical basis, cultural and linguistic suitability, practical considerations, and diagnostics and placement information
3. informal assessments
Ongoing Assessment of Language, Literacy, and Content Learning
1. Reveals strengths and growth increments not detected by high stakes assessments

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	Created by Stacey Stearns over 7 years ago