Authentic and Traditional Assessment

Authentic and Traditional Assessment

1. Different types of Assessments

   • Authentic Assessments
     • Students develop capability of performing real-world tasks
     • Teachers use tasks that replicate real world problems.
     • Assessment drives the curriculum "planning backwards"
     • Teachers are encouraged to "teach the test"
     • AKA
       • performance assessment alternative assessment direct assessment
     • Allows student to demonstrate individually
     • How do you implement authentic assessments specifically for ELLs and ESL classes?
       • Look at the standards set by WIDA
         • Choose an authentic task you want your students to be able to complete
           • Identify the criteria you would like your students to meet, with the WIDA standards in mind
             • Make a rubric that reflects this information
               • Determine a benchmark score that you would like to see your students meet
                 • Adjust the instruction and assessment to better fill the needs of your students
   • Traditional Assessments
     • multiple choice tests
     • Goal is to get students to know a body of knowledge
     • Favors "good test takers" however, it also increases consistency and comparability
   • Use a mix of both
     • Specific differences
       • perform a task
         • select a response
           • contrived
             • real-life
               • construction/ application
                 • recall/recognition
                   • teacher-structured
                     • student-structured
                       • direct evidence
                         • indirect evidence