TEACHERS’ VIEW AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL IN INDONESIA

Nana Mulya
Ms, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia, nanamulya20@gmail.com

Abstract

Implementation of the 2013 Curriculum in Indonesia has not changed only in the more effective teaching and learning process as well as the proper implementation of evaluation. The concept of students’ evaluation system in Indonesia has undergone significant transformation. Evaluation of learning is expected to be better than the evaluation of learning that has been done. In this case, authentic judgments have been taken into account as an alternative way to measure students' learning processes and outcomes. However, the lack of familiarity with these judgments, followed by the influence of traditional testing and strong standards, may prevent teachers from having the best insight into authentic judgments. Therefore, qualitative research is currently underway to find out the understanding of teachers in applying authentic assessment and teacher readiness to carry out authentic assessments. Data were collected from four respondents through documents and interviews. The results clearly show that teachers understand the concept of authentic assessment well but the readiness of teachers to perform authentic assessments indicates a lack of preparedness. Teachers find it difficult to prepare a variety of authentic assessment tools cause is the lack of experience using various types of evaluation. The implementation of authentic assessment takes a lot of time that leads to less effective learning. The difficulties of carrying out judgments coincide with learning. Teacher habits implement only paper and pencil test so that the affective and psychomotor ability of students are often neglected in the implementation of assessment. Therefore, professional development programs should be undertaken to improve the ability of teachers to implement effective and authentic assessments troubleshoot now.

Keywords: Authentic assessment, alternative assessment, evaluation.