AUTHENTIC

ASSESSMENT:
MEANING, CHARACTERISTICS AND PRACTICES
“Both assessment and evaluation are based on the
judgement of an experienced, thoughtful human being – an
expert Machines don’t assess, papers don’t assess, tests
don’t assess. Humans assess. And what better person is
there to assess the progress and development of his or her
students than the classrooms teacher.”
- Larry Malone
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Berkeley
4 Terms Often used in Determining
the degree of attainment of Student
Learning Outcomes

Assessment – refers to the process of

gathering data and information about
what students know and can do.
Evaluation – involves the task of
interpreting, forming conclusions and
making judgments about the information
which was gathered in the process of
assessment.
Testing
 is an instrument of assessment.
 Isan assessment tool that reflects the
records of the students’ learning
outcomes.
Marks
 Arereports of the results of evaluating
information obtained in the assessment
process
 Have certain components related to the
learning activities undertaken by the
students.
Example:
20% - for class participation
10% - for completed assignments
20% - for quizzes
30% - for submitted reports
20% - for oral presentation of completed project
___________
100%
Why Authentic Assessment?

“The common practice of using recall and recognition

objective, the skills and knowledge they have
mastered”
- Richard Striggins
“Authentic assessments are products and/or
performance correlated with real life experiences.”
- Newton Public Schools
Characteristics of Authentic
Assessment (AA)

1. AA starts with clear and definite criteria of performance made

known to the students.
2. AA is criterion – referenced rather than norm – referenced and
so it identifies strengths and weaknesses, but does not compare
students nor rank their levels of performance.
3. AA requires students to make their own answers to questions
rather than select from given options as in multiple choice
items, and requires them to use a range of Higher Order
Thinking Skills (HOTS)
Characteristics of Authentic
Assessment (AA)

4. AA often emphasizes performance and therefore students are

required to demonstrate their knowledge, skills or competencies in
appropriate situations
5. AA encourages both teacher and students to determine their
rate of progress in cooperatively attaining the desired student
learning outcomes.
6. AA does not encourage rote learning and passive taking of tests;
instead, students are required to demonstrate analytical skills,
ability to integrate what they learn, creativity, and ability to work in
group, skills in oral and written communications.
Characteristics of Authentic
Assessment (AA)

7. AA changes the role of students as passive

test takers into becoming active and involved
participants in assessment activities
What is Authentic Assessment?

“A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-

world tasks that demonstrate meaningful applications of essential
knowledge and skills” - Jon Mueller (2011)

“…Engaging and worthy problems or questions of importance, in

which students must use knowledge to fashion performances
effectively and creatively. The tasks are either replicas of or
analogous to the kind of problems faced by adult citizens and
consumers or professionals in the field.” - Grunt Wiggins (1987)
5 Phases of Authentic Assessment

1. Identifying the most important knowledge and

skills that students should be able to
demonstrate as a result of their learning
activities.
2. Determining the criteria and standards of
outcomes performance and the acceptable
evidence that may be presented as proof of
outcomes’ attainment.
5 Phases of Authentic Assessment

3. Implementation of the supporting activities

that will facilitate the attainment of the desired
student learning outcomes.

4. Measuring the extent at which the students

are attaining the desired learning outcomes.
5 Phases of Authentic Assessment

5. Interpreting the assessment results and

evaluating whether they indicate attainment of
the desired outcomes and utilizing them for
continuous improvement.
 Phase I Phase II
Determine criteria
Identify learner and acceptable
outcome evidence of
performance
Phase V Phase
III
Evaluate results to Implement
determine supporting
attainment of learning
outcome and experiences and
ensure continuous instructional
improvement activities

Phase IV
Implement
assessment
strategies
Examples of Authentic Assessment
Activities

1. Doing science experiments

2. Conducting social science field research
3. Writing stories and reports
4. Reading and interpreting literary pieces
5. Solvingmathematical problems that have
real-world implications
Examples of Authentic Assessment
Activities

6. Performing particular skills/competencies

7. Simulation or role playing
8. Exhibiting and displaying completed works
9. Submitting portfolios
10. Submitting original creative projects
How does AA differ from Traditional
Assessment (TA)

Traditional Assessment – is commonly associated with

pre-determined choice measures of assessment such us
multiple choice tasks, fill-in-the-blanks, true-or-false,
matching type and others. TA springs from the educational
philosophy which involves the following principles:
1. A school’s mission is to develop useful citizens;
2. To be useful citizen, one must possess a certain body of
knowledge and skills.
How does AA differ from Traditional
Assessment (TA)

3. The school is entrusted to teach this body of

knowledge an skills
4. To determine if the students have acquired these
knowledge and skills, the school must test the students
on these knowledge and skills
How does AA differ from Traditional
Assessment (TA)

Authentic Assessment, on the other had is grounded on the

following principles and practices:
1. A school’s mission is to develop useful citizens;
2. To be useful citizen, one has to be capable of performing useful
tasks in the real-world;
3. The school’s duty is to help students develop proficiency in
performing the tasks that they will required to perform after
graduation in the work place;
4. The school must then require students to perform tasks that
duplicate or imitate real-world situations.
Basic Differences Between TA and
AA

ATTRIBUTES TRADITIONAL AUTHENTIC

ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT
Action/Options Selecting a response Performing a task
Setting Contrived/Imagined Simulation/Real-life
Method Recall/Recognition Construction/Application
Focus Teacher-structured Student-structured
Outcome Indirect Evidence Direct Evidence
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