Guidelines

AUDIENCE: Class member/team member, teacher familiar with authentic assessment

SCOPE: Examples: At the secondary level or middle school/junior high level, develop a comprehensive assessment plan for a one-semester course, or at least two units within a course. At the elementary level, develop a comprehensive assessment plan for a content area for a semester. Or, for your level, develop or revise a certain type of assessment throughout the year's curriculum.

CONTRIBUTION: The project can be completed individually or with one partner. Each partner would receive the same grade.

Requirements

Create a project that accomplishes one of the following:

• development of a set of authentic assessments for a particular course or
  
• a particular content area or
• redesign of current assessment to incorporate principles of authentic
  assessment or
• organization and further development of current authentic assessments.

and includes all of the following:

STANDARDS

Identify the content standards your authentic assessments address. Include
process standards for at least three assessments.

TASKS

Develop specific tasks that allow your students to demonstrate that they have met the standards. Typically, 10-20 authentic tasks are required.

CRITERIA

Develop specific criteria your students must meet to indicate successful completion of the tasks.

RUBRICS

Develop rubrics to translate your students' performance on the criteria into an evaluation.

ORGANIZATION

Organize the assessments into a coherent package that meets the standards you selected for your students.

PRESENTATION

Produce a clearly presented product that is well written and user-friendly. Turn in a paper and an electronic (PC-compatible) copy of your project.

PORTFOLIOS (optional)

If you choose to create a portfolio assignment, you can substitute it for some of your authentic assessments.