Analysis on the implementation of authentic assessment in Singapore classrooms

Abstract

In order to promote students' ability to accomplish real-world tasks, Singapore education adopts authentic assessment to develop students high-order thinking. Unlike traditional assessment, authentic assessment verifies students learning by looking at how they apply knowledge. The educational context in Singapore that is undergoing a transformation toward promoting students competency is supportive of authentic assessments development. The implementation model of the portfolio and the representative authentic assessment method are discussed to give a more detailed introduction of how authentic assessment runs in real talk. The encounter of chances and challenges in Singapores experience of embracing authentic assessment offers an instructive example for the worldwide prospect of the wider use of authentic assessment in the future.