Discuss the importance of authenticity

in testing
Intellectual
Design Features
- Is
contextualized
rather than
isolated.
Connection to
real-life skills
(Meyer, 1992)
- measure
students' ability
to apply their
knowledge and
thinking skills to
solving tasks
that simulate
real-world
events or
activities
Students
Interest
-The degree of
contextualizatio
n influences the
degree of the
test takers
engagement
and his
response to the
text
Construction/A
pplication of
Knowledge
- students
analyze,
synthesize and
apply what they
have learned in
a substantial
manner, and
students create
new meaning in
the process as
well
Learner-specific
evaluation
References
Winograd, P., Perkins, F. (1996). Authentic Assessment in
the classroom: Principles and practices.
Birjandi, P.(2013). Authenticity in Second Language
Assessment: A Social-Constructivist Perspective. United
States: World Science Publisher
Mueller,J. (2014). What is Authentic Assessment? Retrieved
from http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/whatisit.ht
m
Wiggins, Grant (1990). The case for authentic
assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation,
2(2). Retrieved July 1, 2014 from
http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2