Understanding, Designing and Administering Authentic Assessments in Education

Support student development with authentic assessment design

On this flexible, four-week course, redesign the way your students are tested with fundamental strategies for designing, implementing, and evaluating authentic assessments.

With this insight, you’ll transform the way students develop critical skills and apply knowledge in real-world contexts.

Unpack the differences between traditional assessments and authentic ones

This course begins with an introduction to authentic assessments. You’ll discuss the role of evaluations in higher education, what it means for an evaluation to be authentic, and how these types of assessments differ from traditional models.

Understand the elements of authentic assessment and promote authentic growth

You’ll then explore the eight elements that make up authentic assessments. You’ll look into the role of real-world relevance, higher-order thinking, active learning, communication, and more in crafting authentic assessments.

Design authentic assessments and encourage authenticity

Next, you’ll break down the steps for creating authentic assessments. You’ll consider the critical elements previously discussed and incorporate them with key design principles.

You’ll then put this knowledge into practice by designing an authentic assessment of your own, and gain helpful feedback from your peers and course lead.

Gain practical strategies for your classroom from Queensland University of Technology

On the final week of the course, you’ll recap what you’ve learned and gain practical assessment strategies to craft an implementation plan for the design you created during the previous week.

You’ll finish by discussing the methods for evaluating the effectiveness of an assessment, and walk away confident to apply the skills you’ve gained in your own classroom.

This intermediate-level course is designed for all educators, equipping them with a comprehensive guide for designing and implementing authentic assessments.

No prior knowledge is required to join, but having some experience in the field will be helpful for key takeaways.

This intermediate-level course is designed for all educators, equipping them with a comprehensive guide for designing and implementing authentic assessments.

No prior knowledge is required to join, but having some experience in the field will be helpful for key takeaways.

• Define authentic assessment and distinguish it from traditional assessment methods.
• Identify the critical elements that determine authentic assessment.
• Design and implement authentic assessment tasks in your programs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of your authentic assessment strategies.