1. Types of Authentic Assessment
With Concentration on Portfolios & Oral Assessment
Assessment Description Classroom Examples
Oral Assessment Oral assessment is 1. Role plays:
(Include its different types increasingly used to Students role-play a
under description) assess achievement in a dialogue, guided by
range of disciplines. It is a handful of
1. Debates and particularly useful in keywords.
discussions ‘authentic assessment’, in
2. Listening encouraging good
comprehension learning, and in countering
sheets plagiarism. While many
3. Oral presentations students can experience
4. Drama oral assessment as a
powerful form of
assessment, it needs to be
designed and implemented
with particular care in order
to avoid pitfalls and
maximize benefits.
Oral assessment is simply
assessment conducted
orally, or by word of mouth.
While this definition is
straightforward, in practice
the varieties of oral
assessment are limitless.
Oral assessment is
sometimes thought of as a
form of ‘alternative
assessment’.

2. Types of Authentic Assessment
With Concentration on Portfolios & Oral Assessment
Assessment Description Classroom Examples
Story or text Retelling Retellings are post reading • Predicting and
or post listening recalls in confirming a text.
which readers or listeners • Telling a story based
tell what they remember. on a book for
(Morrow, 1996). students to have an
Story Retelling is a idea of what they will
procedure that enables a read.
child to play a large role in • Pairwork activities to
reconstructing stories. It retell information
underlies both social and previously given.
academic development. • Retelling by using
questions and
answering them (To
check understanding)
Writing Samples Students are expected to • Writing a descriptive
write effectivelly for many paragraph. By using
different reasons and this, the reader gets
makes their individual to feel, taste, smell,
rising voices develop and touch the things that
emerge to express the way are being described.(
they feel as they write. http://www.pcieducati
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3. Types of Authentic Assessment
With Concentration on Portfolios & Oral Assessment
Assessment Description Classroom Examples
Projects/Experiments Authentic assessment Students read a complete
aims to evaluate students' short story, in groups think
abilities in 'real-world' of a different ending and
contexts. In other words, act it out.
students learn how to
apply their skills to
authentic tasks and
projects. Authentic
assessment does not
encourage rote learning
and passive test-taking.
Instead, it focuses on
students' analytical skills;
ability to integrate what
they learn; creativity; ability
to work collaboratively; and
written and oral expression
skills. It values the learning
process as much as the
finished product.
Teacher Observations The Teacher's Observation Teacher’s checklist of
guides and shows the students’ performance
teacher the children's during the class.
development and behavior
to record and plan
educational activities.

4. Types of Authentic Assessment
With Concentration on Portfolios & Oral Assessment
Assessment Description Classroom Examples
Portfolios A collection of a student's A student’s portfolio with a
(Include its different types work specifically selected sample of every activity
under description) to tell a particular story performed in class, like a
about the student -- and a file, including worksheets,
1. Process oriented great opportunity to tests, exercises, etc.
portfolios develop self-assessment
2. Product oriented skills.
portfolios A portfolio documents
3. Public exhibition learning over time. This
4. E-portfolio long-term perspective
accounts for student
improvement and teaches
students the value of self-
assessment, editing, and
revision. A student portfolio
can include:
• journal entries and
reflective writing
• peer reviews
• artwork, diagrams,
charts, and graphs
• group reports
• student notes and
outlines
• rough drafts and
polished writing
Self assessment on pages: 12, 37, 52, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87.