English Teacher’s Perception on Authentic Assessment

The research was accomplished to discover the perception of English teacher about authentic assessment. To find out teacher’s attitude and the challenges that are faced by them in the implementation of authentic assessment. This is a qualitative-research. The participants of this research are six English teachers from junior high school. It was conducted in three junior high schools in Langsa, they are: MtsN 1 Langsa, Mts Terpadu Langsa and Mts Ulumul Quran Langsa. The writer used semi-structured interview as technique in collecting the data. This study found that teachers had positive attitude toward the implementation of authentic assessment because authentic assessment is considered as a multiple aspect and effective assessment, suitable for all language skills; and it was also found that performance assessment, project assessment and process assessment are the most common authentic assessment used. Additionally, this study reveals that there were five challenges for teachers in implementation of authentic assessment, namely complicated administrations, time allocation, limited training, insufficient facilities and infrastructure, and changing regulation.