Authentic assessment
Authentic assessment goes beyond testing knowledge for an exam or preparing for a future career. It helps us educate graduates who are critical and socially engaged. We do this by using assessments that connect students’ learning with real-world issues, communities and disciplines, and that link disciplinary knowledge to social responsibility.
On these pages, you will find what authentic assessment means in our context, how it relates to student motivation and to quality standards for assessment, and how the TLC can support you in (re)designing your assessments.
Authentic assessment at the UvA
Authentic assessment is an explicit ambition in the UvA Assessment Policy Framework. It aligns with the new vision on teaching and learning, which places academic citizenship centre stage and aims to educate students as critical, socially engaged thinkers. Assessment is therefore an important means of connecting disciplinary knowledge with social responsibility.
TLC support
The network of UvA Teaching & Learning Centres is happy to support you in designing or redesigning authentic assessments. We can work with you on:
- translating the education vision and the Assessment Policy Framework into concrete assessment design
- designing authentic assignments and appropriate assessment criteria and rubrics
- aligning authentic assessment with what is feasible within your programme
Get in touch with the assessment specialist in your faculty. If you are not sure who this is, please email tlc@uva.nl and we will help you find the right contact.