Authentic Assessment Instrument

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Part 1: Authentic Assessment Instrument (5%) Create one authentic instrument that would capture a Process, Product, Process and Product or Progress. The instrument will be a checklist OR rating guide OR rubric. Part 2: Rationale Report (10%) Provide a rationale for the design and an explanation of its use. Explain your thinking and your decisions for the design, implementation and analysis. Address all the guiding questions in writing up the rationale. Part 3: Self-Assessment (5%) Provide a self-assessment mark using the rubric. Authentic Assessment Layout Best Practices: There are three parts of an Authentic Assessment instrument. 1. Header • Title, date, student name, score, value of the assessment • Directions that explain what is being measured and things that need to be noted • Interpretation of the scoring scale, what is required to pass • Optional: Start time, number of attempts • Outcomes 2. Body • All standards/criteria are measurable against the scale used Checklist: ‰‰Criteria are clear statement of Judgement ‰‰All criteria match the scale ‰‰Criteria in logical order ‰‰Criteria steps are clearly identified Rating Guide: ‰‰Criteria are clear statements of Judgement ‰‰Multiple point scale reflects the performance (criteria) being assessed ‰‰Criteria in logical order ‰‰Critical steps are clearly identified Rubric: ‰‰Criteria or standards are clear statements ‰‰Scoring scale is reflective of the performance ‰‰Qualitative definitions match the scale ‰‰Weighting of each standard is indicated 3. Summary • Recommendation section (interpretation of the raw score) • Comments section • Signature line (optional) Guiding Questions Authentic Assessment Instrument Rationale Report: 1. What are you trying to assess (4Ps)? 2. What goals/ outcomes reflect the assessment? 3. Why did you select this particular authentic assessment instrument (checklist, rating guide, rubric)? 4. What claims of validity and reliability can you make about the instrument you created? 5. Explain the scoring scale created to measure the activity. For example: • Checklist: The wording used (i.e. YES / NO ) • Rating Guide: The scale used 1,2,3,4, poor, excellent • Rubric : The scale used 6. Explain the standards or criteria selected that the student will be evaluated against. Are any of the standards critical? • Explain any standard / criteria that are deemed critical. • Explain how each of the standards/ criteria are weighted. 7. Explain the rationale for recommendation section (interpretation of the performance). 8. How will you handle additional comments not captured by the scoring scale? 9. How will you handle multiple attempts if required.