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Authentic assessment is an evaluation method that measures students' abilities to apply knowledge and skills in real-world contexts through hands-on tasks. It emphasizes critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, moving beyond traditional testing methods. This approach fosters deeper learning and provides personalized feedback, helping students to demonstrate their competencies effectively.

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Authentic assessment is an evaluation method that measures students' abilities to apply knowledge and skills in real-world contexts through hands-on tasks. It emphasizes critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, moving beyond traditional testing methods. This approach fosters deeper learning and provides personalized feedback, helping students to demonstrate their competencies effectively.

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Of Authentic Assessment

By:
Matugas, Rhea
Cataag, Edgen
Chilsea Bea Melendres
Flordeliza Arope
What is Authentic Assessment?

“A form of assessment in which students are asked to


performed real-world task that demonstrate
meaningful application of essential knowledge and
skills.” – John Mueller (2011)

“Engaging and worthy problems or questions of


importance, in which students must use knowledge
to fashion performances effectively and creatively.
The task are either replicas or analogous to the kind
of problems faced by adult citizens and consumers or
professionals in field.” – Grant Wiggins (1987)
What is Authentic Assessment?

Authentic assessment is a form of evaluation that


focuses on measuring a student’s ability to apply
knowledge and skills in real-world contexts, often
through task that mimic real-life situations, requiring
them to demonstrate their understanding through
active performance rather than just recalling facts.
Examples of Authentic Assessment
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Doing 1 Writing 2 Simulation 3
Science Stories and or Role
Experiments Reports Playing

0 0 Solving 0
Submitting 4 Displaying 5 Mathematical 6
Original
Creative
Completed Problem that have
Works real-world
Projects implications
Of Authentic Assessment
Performance Based

Authentic assessments require


students to demonstrate their
knowledge and skills through
hands-on, real-world tasks and
applications, rather than just
recalling information.
Contextualized

These assessments are grounded in


authentic, relevant contexts that
mirror the way knowledge and skills
are used outside of the classroom.
Multidimensional

Authentic assessments evaluate a


range of skills, including critical
thinking, problem-solving,
collaboration, and communication,
not just content mastery.
Iterative

The assessment process often


involves multiple stages, feedback,
and opportunities for revision,
reflecting the iterative nature of
real-world work.
Benefits of Authentic Assessment

Improved Relevant Skills Personalized


Learning Feedback
Authentic assessments Authentic assessments
encourage deeper They evaluate real-world provide detailed,
understanding and skills and competencies individualized feedback to
application of that are directly help students indentify
knowledge, leading to applicable to students’ their strengths and areas
more effective future goals and careers. for improvement.
learning.
 Authentic assessment starts with clear
definition criteria of performance made
known to the students.
 Authentic assessment is a criterion-
reference rather than norm-referenced and
so it identifies strength and weaknesses,
but does not compare students nor rank
their levels of performance.
 Authentic assessment requires students to
make their own answer 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)
 Authentic assessment encourages both
teacher and students to determine their
rate of progress in cooperatively attaining
the desired student learning outcomes.
 Authentic assessment changes the role of
students as passive test takers into
become active and involve participants in
assessment activities that emphasize what
they are capable of doing instead of test
into measure students’ skills or retained
facts.
Related Terms:
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emphasizing that it
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provides an Assessm development across
alternative to Assesment different learning
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traditional testing objectives.
methods
Focuses on
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learning during the
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demonstrate Assessm assessm practices to provide
specific skills and ent ent timely feedback.
abilities.
Conclusion
Authentic assessment involves evaluating students’
abilities to apply their knowledge and skills to real-
world, complex problem and tasks. This approach moves
beyond traditional tests and promotes deeper learning
and critical thinking. By designing assessments that
mirror authentic, real-world scenarios, educators can
better meausure students’ mastery of essential
competencies and their ability to transfer learning to
practical situations.

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