A characteristic of assessments that have a high degree of similarity to tasks performed in the real world The more authentic the assesment, the less inference required to predict student success after graduation
Assessment a form of performance assessment in which students demonstrate their knowledge and skills in ways that resemble "real world" situations
approval If you describe something as authentic, you mean that it is such a good imitation that it is almost the same as or as good as the original. patterns for making authentic frontier-style clothing
Assessment tasks that elicit demonstrations of knowledge and skills in ways that are applied in the "real world " An authentic assessment task also engages students and reflects the best instructional activities
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register