Authentic assessment is an excellent way to determine students' levels of understanding and mastery, but we see it used with less and less frequency after the primary grades. Instead, assessment through standardized testing or multiple choice tests is used. Authentic assessment, on the other hand, can be in the form of projects, portfolios, running records, and other such interactive assessments. Read more about how authentic assessment can be effective in all grades K-12 in this guest post on Minds in Bloom.
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