Authentic Assessment: What's the Big Idea?

Authentic Assessment: What's the Big Idea?

1. Big Idea #1: What is AA?

   • Real-life tasks
   • Application of Knowledge
   • Complements traditional assessment
   • Student-structured
   • AKA: performance, direct, alternative, informal

2. Big Idea #2: How is AA created?

   • Make a list of STANDARDS: What should students know and be able to do?
   • Design AUTHENTIC TASKS: to show if students have met standards.
   • Identify CRITERIA for rating student performance.
   • Create a RUBRIC based on the criteria. to determine how well students perform.
     • Set a BENCHMARK for minimum student performance.
     • ADJUST INSTRUCTION based on rubric findings.

3. Big Idea #6: Performance-Based Assessment of ELLs

   • Reading with partners
   • Role playing
   • Debating
   • Playing games
   • Oral reports
   • Giving descriptions using visual or written prompts
   • Brainstorming
   • Completing incomplete stories

4. Big Idea #4: How can AA be implemented for ELLs?

   • Ongoing Performance-Based Assessment
     • Comprehensive, systematic, tailored, informative, authentic PORTFOLIOS (Big Idea #5)
     • Other types of PERFORMANCE-BASED assessment (Big Idea #6)

5. Big Idea #3: Why use AA?

   • Provides direct evidence of skill.
   • Helps students construct meaning about what they're learning
   • Integrates teaching, learning, and assessment
   • Allows for variety in student demonstration

6. Big Idea #5: Portfolio Assessment of ELLs

   • Teacher descriptions of student accomplishments
   • Formal test data, checklists, and ratings sheets
   • Recordings of oral work
   • Drawings representing content knowledge
   • Written work samples

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