Authentic Based Assessments

As someone with a learning disability and struggles with testing anxiety I would definitely feel more comfortable using the authentic assessment method. I know personally I always performed very well in school but when it came to more summative based assessments I struggle. The authentic method seems to be a more natural approach to teaching. The authentic assessment method is versatile in that it assesses what each individual can do. It's not the cookie cutter molded of pass of fail. Assessing children based on what they are doing in and through the curriculum, learning about the whole child. No two people are alike, therefore it's hard for us to expect to children to all learn the same. That being said it unfair for use to understand that fact that all …show more content…
Think about it, when an assessment is put in place it is meant to produce some kind of information How much does this child know? How well is the teacher performing in the classroom? Is your child well behaved? However, they are a reality and most children have to take some kind of summative based assessments when entering school. These assessments are used to by educators, and politicians to measure achievements in order to compare children, programs, school districts, and countries. One of the main concerns with assessments is the idea that the presser of accountability is creating an educational culture that puts test scores ahead of intellectual growth. You can even see it here in Philly with the implication of the keystone test, soon after you saw parents and teachers advocating against them. Many fear that with a pressers of test like these teachers are focused to only teach how to take test, causing students to miss out on valuable lessons such as critical thinking, problem-solving, or creativity. It is believed that even though these assessments are put in place to improve educational development and funding, they are causing more harm than