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The document discusses alternative assessment and its basic concepts. Alternative assessment methods are performance and product-oriented, focusing on authentic tasks to demonstrate communication goals. It can be used for formative assessment to identify gaps and modify instruction. In contrast, traditional methods rely on multiple choice and essay exams for evaluating students. Some alternative methods described include performance assessments, portfolios where students demonstrate accomplishments, and assessing non-cognitive outcomes. Effective alternative assessment is authentic, involves multiple stages and self-evaluation. Principles for alternative assessment include being both process and product-oriented, focusing on higher-order thinking, including non-cognitive measures, reflecting real-world contexts, and leading to further student learning.

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Lesson 2

The document discusses alternative assessment and its basic concepts. Alternative assessment methods are performance and product-oriented, focusing on authentic tasks to demonstrate communication goals. It can be used for formative assessment to identify gaps and modify instruction. In contrast, traditional methods rely on multiple choice and essay exams for evaluating students. Some alternative methods described include performance assessments, portfolios where students demonstrate accomplishments, and assessing non-cognitive outcomes. Effective alternative assessment is authentic, involves multiple stages and self-evaluation. Principles for alternative assessment include being both process and product-oriented, focusing on higher-order thinking, including non-cognitive measures, reflecting real-world contexts, and leading to further student learning.

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Basic Concepts,

Theories, and
Principles in
Assessing Learning
Using Alternative
Methods
Objectives:
Define and explain the alternative
assessment and related concepts.
Demonstrate an understanding of
the different principles in assessing
learning using alternative methods
of assessment.
What is an
alternative
assessment?
Assessment
Process of gathering
quantitative and/or
qualitative data for the
purpose of making
decisions
Assessment of
Learning
Systematic and purpose-
oriented collection, analysis,
and interpretation of evidence
of student learning in order to
make informed decisions
relevant to the learners.
Assessment for
Learning
-Use of assessment to identify the
needs of students in order to modify
instruction or the learning activities
in the classroom.
-Formative in nature
-Identify gaps in the learning
experiences of students, so they can
be assisted in achieving the
curriculum outcomes.
Traditional
Assessment
-The use of traditional assessment
strategies or tools to provide
information on student learning.
-Objective (multiple choice),
subjective (essay), paper-and-
pencil tests
-Basis for evaluating and grading
students
-Easier to design and quicker to be
scored
Alternative
Assessment
-Performance-oriented and
product-oriented assessment
methods.
-Need to design and implement
assessment tasks and activities
that refrain from using
traditional paper-and-pencil
tests
Features of Alternative
Assessment
(Silvestre-Tipay 2009, p. 58)

Assessment is based Instructor and Learners help to set Learners have


on authentic tasks learners focus on the criteria for opportunities to
that demonstrate communication, not successful assess themselves
learners’ ability to on right and wrong completion of and their peers
accomplish answers. communication
communication tasks.
goals.
Performance
assessment
-Assessing student learning by requiring
a student to perform a task or develop a
product as a demonstration of one’s
learning.
-Provides opportunity for the students to
apply what they have learned through
task performance and or product creation
-If the task to be demonstrated closely
resembles what is typically performed or
experienced in the real world, then the
performance is also more authentic.
Portfolio
Assessment
-Students’ construction and use of
portfolios in a purposeful and
systematic manner in order to
document their progress in the
attainment of learning targets
-Allows the assessment of students’
learning processes and
products/outputs in a
comprehensive and integrative
manner.
What is portfolio?
-A collection of learning and
performance artifacts by a student and is
typically accompanied by personal
narratives and reflections.
-Allows students to document and
demonstrate their accomplishments in
the classroom and provide opportunities
to the learners and teachers to evaluate
the progress in a given period of time.
(Tolentino, 2009)
Other alternative strategies
for assessing learning
Assessment of non-cognitive
learning outcomes through:
Performance rubrics
(psychomotor outcomes)
Rating scales and checklist
(affective or dispositional
outcomes); may provide
opportunities for using self-
assessment and peer
assessment
What are the different
models
of alternative
assessment?
Emergent Assessment
Developmental
Assessment
Authentic Assessment
Emergent Assessment

Based on Michael Assessment focuses on Assessment of both the Assessment is not limited
Scriven’s goal free determining the “effects” intended and unintended to collecting information if
evaluation model (1967). of instruction on students. effects or learning the intended learning
outcomes. outcomes defined were
met or not, but also gives
importance to unintended
learning outcomes
whether positive or
negative.
Developmental Assessment

Focuses on determining Adopts a pre-test and Involves a comparison of Said to be useful for
the extent that students post-test methodology to what students can do at assessing learning
have developed their collect information if a different time points and outcomes based on
competencies from student has developed or or different contexts to students’ development
instruction. improved after assess if there is progress. rather than a final
instruction. product.
Authentic Assessment

It refers to the use of The most authentic


assessment strategies or assessments are the ones
tools that allow learners to that allow performances
perform or create a that most closely
product that is meaningful resemble real-world
to the learners as they are tasks or applications in
based on real-world real-world settings or
contexts. environments.
Criteria in Determining if an Assessment Task or Activity is
Authentic or Not
(Silvestre-Tipay, 2009)
The assessment task or activity can…
1 2 3 4
involve multistage
be built around replicate real-world require learners to
task and real
topics or issues of communication produce a quality
problems that require
interest to the contexts and product or
creative use of
students; situations; performance;
language;

5 6 7
introduce the involve interaction allow for self-
students to the between assessor evaluation and self-
evaluation criteria and person correction as they
and standards; assessed; and proceed.
What are the different principles in assessing learning
using alternative methods?
1 2 3
Assessment is both Assessment should Assessment can
process and focus on higher- include a measure
product-oriented. order cognitive of noncognitive
outcomes. learning outcomes.

4 5 6
Assessment should Assessment must Assessment should
reflect real-life or be comprehensive lead to student
real-world and holistic. learning.
contexts.
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will thank you for.”
—Sean Patrick Flanery
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