According to Kostelnik et al. (2015), authentic assessment is characterized by the following:

A variety of data is collected across time

All developmental domains are of interest and are evaluated

It takes place in the natural learning context

It is conducted by a familiar person

It is functional and curriculum embedded

It is based on discovering children's best performance

It is useful for planning classroom instruction

Select a learning outcome of any subject area from your state for Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten. List the content standard and describe an activity that facilitates learning this concept. Then, describe a form of authentic assessment that you will utilize to measure mastery of this outcome.

Identify how this activity supports developmentally appropriate educational practices.

Identify how the assessment activity supports developmentally appropriate educational practices.

Identify how this activity will provide information about student mastery.

Describe how you will scaffold the learning for students.

Describe how you will utilize the information from the assessment to plan the next lesson/concept.