Alternative and Authentic Assessment Toolkit

The 4 A’s of Authentic Assessment

Anchored: Real-world tasks

Active: Performance-based, creative tasks

Assessable: Clear criteria, rubrics, transparency

AI-Aware: Design with or against AI intentionally

4As_Authentic_Assessment_Worksheet (editable Word Doc) to help design new authentic assessments or re-design your existing assessments as authentic assessments.

Examples of Redesigned Assessments by Discipline

Examples of assessments from a wide variety of disciplines (Nursing, Geography, English, Health Sciences, Biology, Social Work, Gender Studies) and how they could be redesigned or modified to be an authentic or alternative assessment using the 4 A’s of Authentic Assessment Model above.

Examples of Redesigned Assessments by Discipline

Course Learning Outcomes to Assessment Mapping Worksheet

Use this worksheet to align your course learning outcomes (CLOs) with corresponding assessments. Mapping outcomes to assessments ensures each learning goal is intentionally supported, and it helps identify gaps, redundancies, or opportunities for authentic assessment.

Course Learning Outcomes_to_Assessment_Mapping_Worksheet

Bloom’s Taxonomy to Help Design Learning Outcomes and Assessments

The University of Arkansas has a great resource detailing Bloom’s Taxonomy. 

Using Microsoft Co-Pilot to reDesign Assessments as Authentic Assessments (Prompts)

Using Copilot to Redesign Assessments