What are Authentic Assessments?
Authentic assessments are engaging, meaningful problems or tasks that match the content and authentic outcomes of instruction. They are multistage demonstrations of knowing what and knowing how and emphasize product and process, conveying that both development and achievement matter. “Authentic assessments incorporate a wide variety of techniques ‘designed to correspond as closely as possible to ‘real world’ student experiences” (Custer, 1994, p. 66; Rudner and Boston, 1994). What Is A Rubric?
