Authentic Assessments That Put Students’ Abilities to Work
Use the accurate, reliable data into students’ mastery of critical thinking, problem solving, and effective written communication that our performance-based assessments deliver to guide instruction and inform programming to strengthen these skills.
How Our Performance-Based Assessments Work
CAE’s performance-based assessments provide a more complete picture of students’ readiness for the rigors of today’s academics and their next steps following graduation by measuring the skills that help them apply their content knowledge effectively.
The resulting data can be used for formative and summative purposes, including evaluating how well students have developed essential skills at the beginning and/or end of a particular class or academic year, or to measure
growth over multiple years.
Real-World
Scenarios
Students are situated in real-world scenarios that require the application of critical thinking, problem-solving, and written communication skills.
Recommend
a Solution
Using supplied reference materials, students must organize information, define the problem, address issues, consider and evaluate solutions, and recommend and defend a course of action.
No Single
“Right” Answer
Student scores reflect a range of plausible and effective response strategies — a process that, by design, mimics real-world, decision environments.