ASLEARN2_MODULE 2: Authentic Assessment

AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT

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AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT

​- a form of assessment where students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowldge and skills. (Mueller, 2011)

​AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT

• engages (the students) in worthwhile problems and questions of importance in which students must use knowledge to fashion perfromance effectivel and efficiently. (Wiggins, 1987)

Poll

Which of the following is an authentic assessment?

• Simulation

• Indirect evidence

• Construction/Application

• Student-structured

• Recognition

​Comparison between traditional and authentic assessment (Mueller, 2008)

Multiple Choice

Which type of non-test in which a group of students verbally present information?

• Debate

• Panel Discussion

• Games

• Projects

Multiple Choice

This type of non-test requires students to present a visual enactment of a particular skill or activity.

• Problem solving

• Cartooning

• Models

• Demonstration

Multiple Choice

It refers to the purposeful collection of students' works that exhibit students' efforts, progress, and achievemnt in one or more areas of the curriculum. 

• Demonstration

• Portfolio

• Project

• Journal

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of GAMES as a non-test?

• Students take opposing positions on a particular topic.

• Students need to master and then check the skills as they master them.

• Students are engaged in fun activities to have students practice and review concepts.

• Students produce miniature replica of a given topic.

Open Ended

Cartooning as a non-test requires students to use drawings to depict situations and ideas. What are examples of these situations and ideas? Give at least one. 

Open Ended

With the given importance of authentic assessment, should we set aside/junk traditional assessment? Answer YES or NO, then provide 1 supporting claim.

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​Schools ought to teach and assess learners NOT ONLY COGNITIVE SKILLS but also other skills for them to lead a productive, successful and fulfilled lives in the 21st century.

​TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCIES, therefore, must be integrated or taught. These are much more than mere information, knowledge of mental and physical skills in the knowledge domain of Marzano's Taxonomy.

​Transversal competencies are the 21st century skills found in several frameworks.