PROCEEDING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (ICERE) 2014

Abstract

In the academic year of 2014, the government in this case the Ministry of Education and Culture has established the policy to run the curriculum of 2013 for the all levels of elementary and intermediate education in Indonesia. It means the schools have to be ready to implement the Curriculum of 2013. Basically, the implementation of the 2013 curriculum is an effort from the government to enhance the quality of education. One of the characteristics of the 2013 curriculum is make use the scientific approach in the learning process. This approach is to improve the students" creativity in learning. In general, this approach seems to be a new thing for the teachers in which several problems and obstacles appear in its practice. The teachers are required to develop the learning strategies and the assessment systems which are relevant and appropriate in order to nurture the students" creativity. One of the assessment methods that can support the concept of scientific approach is by sing the authentic assessment. Authentic assessment can give the description of the knowledge, the attitudes, and the skills as well as what has or has not owned by the students and the way they apply their knowledge. Also, in what case they have or have not been able to implement the learning acquisition. Based to the above circumstances, the Study Program of Educational Research and Evaluation, Graduate School of Yogyakarta State University (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta) conduct the international seminar on the theme "Classroom Assessment for Improving Teaching Quality". There will be three sub-themes on this seminar, i.e. Issues of Classroom Assessment Implementation, Implementation of Authentic Assessment, and Developing a Strategy of Creative Teaching. By having this seminar, the participants are expected to possess the knowledge and the skills to develop and to apply the authentic assessment.