Activity 2: Traditional Assessment and Authentic Assessment
Considering your lessons in Prof. Ed 8 last semester and the initial lessons we have in our Prof.
Ed 9, fill out this table to differentiate the traditional and authentic assessments. Place each
adjective in the appropriate cell.
Direct evidence contrived/imagined performing a task
simulation/real-life selecting a response indirect evidence
recall/recognition student-structured construction/application
Teacher-structured
Attributes Traditional Assessment Authentic Assessment
1. Action/Option selecting a response performing a task
2. Setting contrived/imagined simulation/real-life
3. Method recall/recognition construction/application
4. Focus Teacher-structured student-structured
5. Outcome indirect evidence Direct evidence