Authentic Assessment Resources

The following links are resources for greater understanding of what authentic assessments are.

Authentic Intellectual Work in Social Studies: Putting Performance Before Pedagogy

http://www.learner.org/workshops/socialstudies/pdf/session4/4.AuthInellectualWork.pdf

Handbook from Modesto Junior College on the SLO Assessment Process

http://www.ccsf.edu/Offices/Research_Planning/pdf/Measuring%20SLO%27s.pdf

Videos on authentic assessment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gibuFZXZw

Three main points about authentic assessment

1. Assesses the application of knowledge
2. Demonstrate the understanding of the essential assumptions of the discipline
3. The understanding has implications beyond school,ie, real world applications