Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
It’s not always measured by a grade, as is common in summative assessments. Sometimes it derives evidence of learning from anecdotal observation, watching students apply prior learning, working in groups, or participating in classroom discussions. Exit tickets are similar, but assess what students learned during the lesson.
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Only this way can we ensure that the assessment is achieving its intended purpose, which is to get students closer to the intended learning outcomes. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators. This can be discussed for each assessment depending on its specifications.
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Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Only this way can we ensure that the assessment is achieving its intended purpose, which is to get students closer to the intended learning outcomes. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators. This can be discussed for each assessment depending on its specifications.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 14, 2020
CAE), a leading provider of performance-based, authentic assessments measuring essential college and career readiness skills, announced it joined the Education Research and Development Institute (ERDI). Council for Aid to Education, Inc.
Edsurge
MARCH 20, 2024
If it's really easy for your students to cheat and get an A on your assessment, is that an authentic assessment? An authentic assessment should be hard to cheat on because a student has to bring so much of themselves to it that it's kind of cheat-proof.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 30, 2018
One particular headache we hear often is how LMSs have been admin-centered and designed to streamline back-end operations like course scheduling, curriculum management, grading, and online discussion boards. We are now beginning to see a move toward LMSs that are more collaborative, student-focused and faculty-centered.
Edsurge
APRIL 19, 2017
Exams are only good for a few things : managing faculty workload and assessing low level skill and content knowledge. Authentic assessments, rather than multiple choice or other online exams, is one alternative that could be explored. What they aren’t good at is demonstrating student learning or mastery of a topic.
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