Completing an authentic assessment well depends on exploration and mastery of the tools, and skills for using them, which are essential to the unique tasks for each project.
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AAQ Prereq 6 – Open and Outside the Classroom
Open-ended assessments allow students to: 1) explore their unique interests; 2) capitalize on contacts and experiences; and 3) try a "professional" venture before making a long-term commitment.
AAQ Prereq 5 – Flexibility
The very idea of flexibility in authentic assessments means that they create opportunities which offer exponentially more growth and development in students than standard, in-class assessments.
AAQ Experience: The Authentic Assessment Model
Authentic assessments begin with CARE - Content through context, Autonomy, Realism, and Engagement, but that's only the beginning. Selecting content that gains meaning from its context is essential to a truly authentic learning experience.
What’s your AAQ? (Authentic Assessment Quotient)
Reflection on the authenticity of assessment provides critical opportunity for meeting goals.
Test Applications
Remarkably seldom in adult life are tests applied to judge fluency, cognition, skills, or functionality, yet students are judged by this method daily, with high-stakes consequences. Tests are inherently flawed.
Why Grade?
Applying numeric or letter grades to formative assessment, and especially the recording of it in a gradebook, is a profound waste of teacher time, which could be better spent helping those who struggle.
Fall Back to Feedback
Students who get feedback on their performance demonstrate 17% to 70% improvement, whereas students who just get grades or get no feedback at all can decline in performance by the same factors.
Recapturing Your Time with CheckMark
With this efficient time-saving extension, teachers can produce more narrative feedback on student writing and guide more improvements in less than half the time.
GradeProof in Detail, a Review
GradeProof helps students see how they can help themselves and empowers teachers to guide content and help students celebrate success and gain confidence.
EmpowerED 