Alternative Assessment

Question 1

2 Forms of authentic assessment

Answer 1

1. performance assessments
2. portfolio assessment

Question 2

measure skill and understanding by directly measuring student performance in a natural setting

Answer 2

performance assessments

Question 3

A collection of work to show evidence of learning collected over time and reflecting growth

Answer 3

portfolio assessment

Question 4

3 criteria of authentic academic achievement

Answer 4

1. disciplined inquiry (knowledge is constructed from prior knowledge rather than duplicated)
2. integration of knowledge (fragmented information is integrated to see the big picture)
3. value beyond evaluation (knowledge is useful to life)

Question 5

Authentic assessment usually includes a task for students to perform and a ______ by which their performance on the task will be evaluated

Answer 5

rubric

Question 6

Other Names for Authentic Assessment

Answer 6

Performance, Alternative, Direct

Question 7

4 steps in implementing an Authentic Assessment

Answer 7

1. Identify the standard (knowledge or skill)
2. Develop a task for students to perform in demonstrating that they have met the standard
3. Identify the criteria or characteristics of a good performance of the task
4. For each criterion, identify levels of performance
5. Combine 3 & 4 to create the rubric

Question 8

3 types of standards

Answer 8

1. Content Standards
2. Process Standards
3. Value Standards

Question 9

Statements that describe what students should know or be able to do within the content of a specific discipline

Answer 9

Content Standards

Question 10

Statements that describe skills students should develop to enhance the process of learning not specific to a particular discipline, but are generic skills that are applicable to any discipline.

Answer 10

Process Standards

Question 11

Statements that describe attitudes teachers would like students to develop towards learning.

Answer 11

Value Standards

Question 12

An assignment given to students designed to assess their ability to apply standard-driven knowledge and skills to real-world challenges

Answer 12

Authentic Tasks

Question 13

Types of authentic tasks

Answer 13

performances, products and constructed-response items

Question 14

Based on a prompt, students construct an answer out of old and new knowledge.

Answer 14

Constructed Response (e.g. essay, concept maps, diagrams, journal, evaluation, self assessment)

Question 15

Based on a prompt (assignment) or series of prompts, students construct a substantial, tangible response that reveals their understanding of certain concepts and skills and/or their ability to apply, analyze, synthesize or evaluate those concepts and skills.

Answer 15

Product (report, project, objects, floor plans, compositions, surveys, brochures, posters, collages, videos, games, comic strips, campaigns)

Question 16

Based on a prompt (assignment) or series of prompts, students construct a response that reveals their understanding of certain concepts and skills and/or their ability to apply, analyze, synthesize or evaluate those concepts and skills.

Answer 16

Performance (dance, drama, skits, talk show, debates, discussions, speeches, interviews, self intro)

Question 17

A scoring scale used to assess student performance along a task-specific set of criteria

Answer 17

Rubrics

Question 18

Components of a rubric

Answer 18

1. Criteria
2. Levels of Performance
3. Scoring
4. Descriptors

Question 19

Rubric which articulates levels of performance for each criterion so the teacher can assess student performance on each criterion.

Answer 19

Analytic Rubric

Question 20

Rubric which assigns a level of performance with multiple criterion

Answer 20

Holistic Rubric

Question 21

Types of portfolios

Answer 21

1. Growth Portfolios
2. Showcase Portfolios
3. Evaluation Portfolios

Question 22

assessment of the work of others by people of equal status and power

Answer 22

PEER-ASSESSMENT

Question 23

Making estimates of other students’ work

Answer 23

peer marking.

Question 24

involves students in deriving criteria, developing a peer-assessment form, providing anonymous feedback and assigning a global mark

Answer 24

Peer feedback marking

Question 25

Peer feedback marking may be used as a preliminary to __________

Answer 25

summative assessment

Question 26

it involves one part of the self, assessing another part of the self’s actions and outcomes.

Answer 26

SELF-ASSESSMENT

Question 27

self-assessment is more useful as a _________ than as a tool of summative assessment

Answer 27

learning tool

Question 28

intended to replace traditional approaches of giving access and exemption to non-traditional students.

Answer 28

assessment of prior learning

Question 29

a special form of experiential learning in which students can develop, as part of their course, a range of social skills, academic and technical knowledge and expertise in a workplace.

Answer 29

Work-based learning

Question 30

four broad categories of work based learning

Answer 30

1. Specific vocational training: involves students focusing on specific skills and methodologies,
2. Structured work experience: systematic experience of a range of tasks
3. Semi-structured work experience: less structured tasks and opportunities in a more informal learning experience.
4. Random work experience: no clear definition of what is expected