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Healthier Testing Made Easy: The Idea of Authentic Assessment | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Our job is to teach to the standards, not the test. Many educators forget this.
  • Substitute feedback for assessment, and you'll better understand what I mean. The point of assessment in education is to advance learning, not to merely audit absorption of facts.
  • Increasing formative assessment is the key to improvement on tests of all kinds, including traditional ones.
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  • What do I mean by "authentic assessment"? It's simply performances and product requirements that are faithful to real-world demands, opportunities, and constraints. The students are tested on their ability to "do" the subject in context, to transfer their learning effectively.
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Is teaching a profession? - 0 views

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    #1 Terry Elliott on 30 May 10
     
    If we are a profession then how is it that amateurs dictate to us every aspect of our working life? Would lawyers, doctors, or architects tolerate these invasions?
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