Glossary

Authenticity

Authenticity is related to validity. Authentic assessment involves
using assessment tasks that resemble the kinds of professional tasks
that arise in the relevant community of practice. The assessment task
must appear authentic to the learner. Examples include the use of a
poster presentation or the writing of a short research article as part
of the assessment task for a final-year investigative project. These
are authentic because they are typical communication channels for
researchers.