How Authentic Assessments Improve Studentsʹ learning

Classroom assessment is any activity of experience that provides information about student learning Teachers learn about studentsʹ progress not only through formal tests, examinations, and projects, but also through moment-by-moment observation of students in action. They often conduct assessment through instructional activities. Authentic assessment is one of the many forms of assessment that teachers can do in their subject, together with performance-based assessment, portfolio assessment, and a host of other assessment types. In authentic assessment focus is on the role of the student as the critical connector between assessment and learning. When students are active engaged and critical assessor they make sense of information relate it to prior knowledge and use it for new learning.