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NATURE
Anauthenti
cassi
gnmentisonet hatrequi
resappli
cati
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shave
l
earned t
o a new sit
uat
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ermine what
i
nformat
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ll
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evantandhowt heyshoul
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dingt
oGr
antWi
ggi
ns(
1998)
,anassi
gnmenti
saut
hent
ici
fit
:
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sreal
i
sti
c.
➢r
equi
resj
udgmentandi
nnovat
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hest
udentt
o“do” t
hesubj
ect
.
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icat
es orsi
mul
ates t
he cont
ext
sin whi
ch adul
ts ar
e “t
est
ed” i
nthe
wor
kplaceori
ncivi
corper
sonall
if
e.
➢ assessesthest
udent
’sabi l
i
tyt
oeff
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ent
lyandef
fect
ivel
yusear
eper
toi
reof
knowledgeandski
ll
stonegot
iat
eacomplext
ask.
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lowsappropr
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unit
iest
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Assessmentref
erst
otheprocessofgat
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ingdat
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nfor
mat
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st
udentsknowandcando.
Evaluat
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nvol
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he t
ask ofint
erpr
eti
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orming concl
usi
on and maki
ng
j
udgement about the i
nfor
mati
on which was gather
ed in t
he process of
assessment.
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ingi
saninst
rumentofassessment
.At esti
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s
ther
ecor
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udents’ l
earni
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he result
s ofevaluati
ng i
nfor
mation obtai
ned i
nt he
assessmentpr ocess.Markshave cert
ain componentsrel
ated t
ot he l
earni
ng
acti
vi
tiesunder
takenbythestudents.
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SOMEDEFI
NITI
ONOFAUTHENTI
CASSESSMENT

Afor
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-worldtaskt
hat
demonstr
ate meani
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ulappl
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on ofessent
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edge and ski
l
ls…”-Jon
Muel
ler
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“…Engagingandwor thypr oblemsorquest i

onsofimportancei nwhichstudent
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mancesef f
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therr
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ti
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andconsumersorprof
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“Performance( authent
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ate
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f-esteem.

“Perfor
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cski
ll
s
andcompet
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s,t
oapplytheski
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lsandknowl
edget
heyhavemaster
ed.
”
–Richar
dJ.St
iggi
ns
“Cl
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ng t
he Loop” encour
age t
he use ofassessmentr
esul
tsf
orf
urt
her
i
mpr
ovement.
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tisdemonstratedinadiagr
am ofthesephasesadoptedfr
om JonMuel
ler
s( 2011
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ll
e,Il
li
noi
s.Bothassessmentandeval
uati
onar e
based on the judgement of an exper
ienced,thought
fulhuman bei
ng t he
cl
assr
oom teacher.
EXAMPLEOFAUTHENTI
CASSESSMENT
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hemat
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ks
9.Submi
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