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Authentic Assessment

Authentic assessment measures student achievement in a way that is close to a real-life situation as the testing process allows. It is a type of assessment that requires the students to directly demonstrate a particular behaviour or set of skills. Authentic assessments have four common characteristics which separates them from traditional forms of testing (Wiggins, 1989).

• They are designed to be truly representative of performance in the field
• The criteria used in assessment seek to evaluate "essentials" of performance against well-articulated performance standards.
• Self assessment plays an important role in authentic tasks. A major role of authentic assessment is to help students develop the capacity to evaluate their own work.
• Students are often expected to present their work publicly and orally.

At Lambton High School,authentic assessment activities take place at both whole school and classroom level.

Year 8 Assignments; Year 10 Assignments; Yr 8 Student Booklet; Yr 10 Student Booklet; Interview Schedule