Authentic Assessment

Authentic assessment asks students to apply their knowledge and skills in the same way they would be used in the "real world". The assessment is performance-based and requires each student to exhibit their in-depth knowledge and understanding through a demonstration of mastery.

Below is a collection of articles and resources focused on the benefits and requirements of authentic assessment.

Title

Author

Advisory Program Research and Evaluation

Reino Makkonen

An American Teacher's View Of British Assessment Practice

Marshall Cohen

An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftmanship with Students

Laura Flaxman

Anatomy of an Exhibition

Jody Brown Podl

CES Takes a Stand: The Coalition of Essential Schools Opposes High-Stakes Standardized Testing

CES National Staff

Closing the Gaps of No Child Left Behind: The Assessment Debate for Essential Schools

Lisa Hirsch

Consultancy for Portfolio Presentation

Defining Assessment

Cathy Crist
Diane Guill
Patricia Harmes
Chris Lake

Demonstrating Student Performance in Essential Schools

Kathleen Cushman

Dilemmas of Planning Backwards: Rescuing a Good Idea

Joe McDonald

Exhibitions: Demonstrations of Mastery in Essential Schools

Jill Davidson

Exhibitions: Facing Outward, Pointing Inward

Joe McDonald

Exhibitions: Facing Outward, Pointing Inward

Joe McDonald

Frameworks for Making Science Research Accesible for All

Annie Chien

Longitudinal Research Indicates
CES Graduate Collegiate Success

Jill Davidson

Looking Collaboratively at Student Work: An Essential Toolkit

Kathleen Cushman

Making the Pendulum Swing: Challenging Bad Education Policy in New York State

Ann Cook
Phyllis Tashlik

Managing Alternative Assessment

Cathy Crist
Diane Guill
Patricia Harmes
Chris Lake

Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools

Jill Davidson

More About the Schools Featured in this Issue

National Exhibition Month - May 2007!

Brett Bradshaw

Overview of Alternative Assessment Approaches

Performance and Exhibitions: The Demonstration of Mastery

Kathleen Cushman

Personalized Curriculum: Sophomore Core Portfolios at Poland Regional High School

Jill Davidson

Personalized Learning: Preparing High School Students to Create their Futures

Jill Davidson

Presenting Themselves with Power and Passion

Heidi Lyne

Protocol for Looking at Student Work

JoAnne Dowd

Purposes of Assessment

Cathy Crist
Diane Guill
Patricia Harmes
Chris Lake

Representing: Elementary to the Exhibition of Learning

Laura Baker

Review: Reclaiming Assessment: A Better Alternative to the Accountability Agenda

Frank Honts

sidebar: Assessment and Exhibitions: Do we rearrange the the furniture we've got, or get new furniture instead?

Steps in Planning Backwards: Early Lessons from the Schools

Joe McDonald

Structural and Curricular Design: What Changes When an Essential School Commits to Exhibitions

Gregory Peters

Teaching as Inquiry: Asking Hard Questions to Improve Practice and Student Achievement

Jill Davidson

The Charrette

Kathy Juarez

The Deep Irony of No Child Left Behind: Lisa Hirsch Interviews Linda Darling-Hammond

Lisa Hirsch

The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance

David Niguidula

The Process of Planning Backwards: Stories from Three Schools

Jody Brown Podl

The Tuning Protocol: A Process for Reflection on Teacher and Student Work

David Allen
Joe McDonald

Three Pictures of an Exhibition: Warm, Cool, and Hard

Joe McDonald

Tips for Managing an Assessment System

Cathy Crist
Diane Guill
Patricia Harmes
Chris Lake

What are the Strengths of My Current Assessment System?

Cathy Crist
Diane Guill
Patricia Harmes
Chris Lake

Where to Go for More on Exhibitions and Demonstrations of Mastery

Where's Your School on the Exhibitions Continuum