AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT : UNDERSTANDING LEVELS AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TEACHER IN THE CITY OF LHOKSEUMAWE ACEH PROVINCE

Abstrak / Ringkasan

This study aims to determine the level of teachers' understanding of authentic
assessment as well as the obstacles faced by teachers in implementing the authentic
assessment . The research method is a survey. This research was conducted in Lhokseumawe
City the province of Aceh. The sample in this research are 165 teachers. The sample
consisted of elementary school teachers, junior high school, and vocational school with
details of 60 elementary school teachers, 40 junior high school teachers, 40 high school
teachers, and 5 vocational teachers . Implementation of the survey conducted by distributing
questionnaires to teachers who have participated in the training curriculum in 2013, and
direct observation in the classroom implementation . The results showed teachers'
understanding of authentic assessment is relatively low, with only 38.33 % of elementary
school teachers who claim to understand the concept of authentic assessment. The
understanding of junior high school teachers, high school, and vocational school is 50 % ,
52.5 % , and 32 % . Poor understanding of authentic assessment of teachers is evident in the
implementation of learning, where teachers have difficulty in applying it in the classroom,
especially the attitudes and skills assessment .

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