ASSESSMENT IN LEARNING 2

Authentic Assessment Tools: Observation – based & Performance – based

Learning Objectives:
 Differentiate the two authentic assessment tools
 Analyze the weaknesses between observation – based assessment and performance-based
assessment

Authentic assessment – focuses on students using and applying knowledge and skills in real-life
settings.

Authentic Assessment Tools

Observation-Based Assessment
 Observation – this includes the date and information that the teacher collects from daily
work.

 An observational assessment is a test where an observer watches a participant perform a

task and rates their performance, making it possible to evaluate skills or abilities that are
difficult to measure using “traditional” assessments.

Observational assessment examples

 Observational assessments can be used for a wide range of exams and are most applicable
and useful for high – stakes, on – the – job skills analysis.

 The teacher will conduct an observation to the students. He/she will observe the
performance and the attitude of the student during and after the class. After the
observation, the teacher can be able to identify the weakness and the strength of the
students. The role of the teacher is to assess the students and to help the students improve
themselves into a better one.

Observation – Based Assessment Tools Guidelines:

1. Observe not only one but all students.

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You should not only observe one student, it should be all so that all of your students would excel.

2. Observation must have as frequent and as regular as possible.

You must observe you students not only in one day but as possible it should be regular. In that
condition, you will really know if your students are improving every day.

3. Observation must be recorded in writing.

If you will conduct a report, you should write it in a clean bond paper. In that case, you can
compare the performance of the students if your students are improving.

4. Observations should cover both routine and exceptional occurrences.

The teacher also includes routine and exceptional occurrences in observation. When we say
routine, it is the behavior of the students in everyday chores such as the sweepers, gatherer, and
many more. Exceptional occurrences are the students who clean the room voluntarily. Like for
example, the students will pick trashes in the yard even if the teacher did not ask for that.

5. Reliability of observation records is enhanced if multiple observations are gathered and

synthesized.

Benefits of Observational Assessments

 Prove employee competency and ensure you’re meeting health and safety regulations for
high-risk environments

 Allows employees to demonstrate skills and knowledge across different environments

including vehicle handling, customer service, utilities, construction sites, and much more
 Tests beyond knowledge to confirm skills can be practically applied in a safe, secure, and
accurate manner

Are there any challenges in observational assessments?

 A key challenge to be aware of for this assessment type is bias. The primary type of bias
in observational assessments is observer bias.

Examples of tools you may need to conduct an observational assessment include:

 Test equipment
 A rubric
 A scoring sheets
 Audiovisual footage

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 A scoring system

PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT (critical thinking)

 Performance-based assessment requires students to demonstrate or apply their
knowledge, skills, and strategies by creating a response or product or doing a task.
 Students’ responses or performances are typically judged against standards or criteria in a
checklist or rubric focusing on the stages of skill development and what a student can do.

What are some examples of types of performance-based assessment tasks?

 Portfolio – a compilation of pieces of evidence of an individual's skills, ideas, interest,
and accomplishment.
Performance-based assessments range from simple, “on-demand” tasks that can be completed in
a brief amount of time, such as an in-class writing exercise or short-answer test; to longer and/or
more complex tasks that can be completed in and/or outside of the classroom, such as:
 Analyzing and proposing solutions to real-world problems
 Developing a computer program
 Game-play assessments in physical education
 Performing in a theatrical, dance, or music production or video

References:
https://www.questionmark.com/resources/blog/a-complete-guide-to-observational-assessments/
https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/plan-pilot/fact-sheet-
https://steemit.com/steemiteducation/@heartmich/education-three-modes-of-authentic-
assessment-a0314f51f7143

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