This kind of lays waste, as in flattens, blows up, exposes for what it is, anyone using CI to teach a class but then turning around and assessing the kids in ways that are false, even quick quizzes, my baby from 14 years ago, but which only look efficient:
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=13&n=4
Claire sent the link and suggested we look at page 6. Why not? Guaranteed to expand your mind. Here is the part I like:
…In the Cambridge advanced learner’s Dictionary (online) something that is authentic is explained as “it is real, true, or what people say it is”. In relation to assessment, the explanation in the dictionary can be interpreted as what is claimed in or by the task or assessment is really true….Two main issues are of interest here: what it is that is supposed to be real or true, and what it is that it is supposed to be true to….
In WL classrooms of the past, nothing that was done in assessment was true. This is just my take on it. I could be way off.
I do like the term “performance assessment” on page 5 (Berk) I’d like to check that out too.