Authentic assessment - element 9 of authentic learning

Authentic assessments need to align with the tasks main goal. This meaning not assessing individual steps but rather completed and refined final products. In a scholastic context, this takes the form of rubrics for projects students would complete over a number of weeks. The rubric should assess the learning and development the students have achieved as wells as the end product the students have delivered (Herrington, 2011).

Unfortunately, the current Curriculum Assessment Programme relies heavily on a student’s individual performance in exams and other written tests. These tests and exams do not align with real world problem solving skills and performance assessments.

Reference: Herrington, J. (2011, September 30). Authentic learning 9: ASSESSMENT [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/gjzER-FDByE