Authentic Assessment:
Authentic Assessment:
Meaning, Characteristics, and
Practices
Practices
Learning Objectives:
One. Identify the relationship of assessment, evaluation and marks to determine the attainment of student learning outcomes,
Two. Discuss the authentic assessment meaning, characteristics, and practices,
Three. Illustrate the phases of authentic assessment.
In nineteen thirty-five, the distinguished educator Ralph Tyler proposed an "enlarged concept of student evaluation," encompassing other approaches besides tests and quizzes. He urged teachers to sample learning by collecting product of their efforts throughout the year. That practice has evolved into what is today termed "authentic assessment," which encompasses a range of approaches including portfolio assessment, journals and logs, products, videotapes of performances.
Both evaluation and assessment are based on the judgment of an experience, thoughtful human being - an expert. Machines don't assess, papers don't assess, and tests don't assess. It is only humans who assess. Only classroom teacher is the better person who assesses the progress and development of his or her students.
The terms assessment, evaluation, testing, and marks are often used in determining the degree of attainment of student's learning outcomes. In times, they are used interchangeably. It will be useful to clarify their meaning to distinguish them from one another.
Assessment- refers to the process of gathering data and information about what students know and can do. Through assessment, the teacher can find out what students are learning.
Evaluation - involves the task of interpreting, forming conclusion, and making judgment about the information which was gathered in the process of assessment.
Marks - are the reports of the result on the evaluation based on information obtained in assessment process. Marks have certain components related to the learning activities undertaken by the students.
Twenty percent for class participation
Ten percent for completed assignment
Twenty percent for quizzes
Thirty percent for submitted report
Twenty percent for oral presentation of completed project
Assessment involves review of evidence of learning such as journal entries, written work,
portfolios, skill demonstrations, performance in learning activities, test results, and rubric ratings which covers a period and should reveal the progress of students in competencies. Evaluation on the other hand occurs when a mark or grade is assigned after the quiz, a presentation or a completed task.