Authentic Assessment

Authentic Assessment

1. Traditional Assessment versus Authentic Assessment

   • Curriculum-driven
     • Teach to the Test
   • Assessment-driven
     • Teach to the Test

2. Traditional or Authentic? Or Both?

   • Knowledge versus Application
   • Teaching, Learning, and Assessment are Separate
   • Teaching, Learning, and Assessment are Integrated

3. How to Assess Authentically

   • Find the Standards
   • Create a Task
   • Identify the Criteria
   • Qualify the Critera

4. Assessment as a Process

   • Home Language Survey
     • Identifies potential EB/EL Students
   • Performance-based Assessment
     • Student Portfolios
       • Display Authentic Student Work
   • Annual Yearly Progress
     • Often Measured by Standardized Tests
       • Must Eliminate Inherent Cultural Bias

5. Authentic Assessment in Practice

   • Performance-Based Assessment
     • Sometimes Informal Assessment
       • Relates the Process with the Product
   • Portfolio Assessment
     • Systematically Descriptive of Student Progress
       • Assessment of Content Knowledge
       • Assessment of Language Proficiency

6. Diversity in Authenticity

   • Allows for Variation in Demonstration
     • Supports Different Learning Styles
     • Must Implement Multiple Assessments

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