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At PIA, we focus on Authentic Assessment Design.
At the course level, assessment provides important data on the breadth and depth of student learning. Assessment is more than grading. It’s about measuring the progress of student learning.
Think about your favourite assessment from when you were a student. What was it about that particular task that made it so engaging and memorable for you? How did it support your learning in that unit and your course? What kinds of transferable skills did you learn through it? Authentic assessment tasks ask students to answer essential questions in their discipline and use concepts as professionals in the field would. The goals of authentic assessments would be to involve written and performative measures, to develop meaningful and applicable skills, and to advance the knowledge of the “how” over that of the “what”.
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The AQF Second Edition January 2013 provides the complete set of AQF policies and objectives and information about the governing and monitoring arrangements for the AQF.
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This publication provides the complete set of AQF policies and objectives and information about the governing and monitoring arrangements for the AQF.
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Click on this link and then click on the tabs to see examples of authentic assessments that can be adapted to a variety of units and disciplines.
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Use this template to complete your assessment information and add the rubric.
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Rubrics are scoring criteria for grading or marking student assessment. When shared before assessment, rubrics communicate to students how they will be evaluated and how they should demonstrate their knowledge. Rubrics also clarify any marking or grading outcomes, helping students understand why they received their particular score or grade. In sum, a good rubric promotes student learning.