Authentic Assessment Primer

by Valerie J. Janesick

The Authentic Assessment Primer introduces education students to the phenomenon known as authentic assessment. As such, it is the perfect antidote to high stakes testing, since it relies on performance and shows what a student can do. In an authentic approach, teachers see assessment as a means to educate and improve student performance, as opposed to simply auditing it on a one-shot test. Authentic tasks require quality performance connected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082047648X
• ISBN13: 9780820476483
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"