Academy has a foundation of self-paced curriculum and authentic assessment.

A goal of authentic assessment is to determine if student knowledge can be applied outside of the classroom.

What else is authentic assessment meant to do?

These assessments are called authentic assessments or performance tests.

Instead students and parents were provided with "authentic assessments," individualized evaluations of their children's strengths and weaknesses.

The Regents exams are being totally revised to be a more authentic assessment.

Other tasks that promote self-regulated learning are authentic assessments, autonomy-based assignments, and portfolios.

Support critical thinking and problem solving through authentic assessment, cooperative learning, scaffolding, and technology integration.

"We're very interested in authentic assessment," she said, using a term for a range of alternatives to standardized tests.

Integrated instruction also allows for authentic assessment (Barton & Smith, 2000).