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Publication Date: 1998
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Authentic Assessment.
Callison, Daniel
School Library Media Activities Monthly, v14 n5 p42-43,50 Jan 1998
Authentic assessment is a process involving multiple forms of performance measurement reflecting student learning, achievement, motivation, and attitudes. This article examines types of authentic assessment (interviews, story or text retelling, writing samples, projects and exhibitions, experiments and demonstrations, constructed response items, teacher observation, portfolios), rubrics for scoring, and the role of the library media specialist. (PEN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Constructed Response, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Librarians, Media Specialists, Observation, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Scoring Rubrics, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation, Student Projects
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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