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| Complex Authentic | The characteristic real performance assessment engages the assignment of problem-solving projects for which students are given a complete period of time to work. There is no particular correct answer and there may be a lot of dissimilar methods of solving the similar problem. Students will necessitate applying knowledge across domains and make use of a variety of accessible resources. The student is assessed on both the product and the process of the task. That is, the student is evaluated on both the result of the performance and on how the student arrived at that result. Characteristically, the student is required to keep a journal describing his or her approach to the problem, getting resources, and solving the problem.
Authentic performance evaluations come out to be predominantly appropriate for distance education as they do not necessitate any exacting control of the evaluation setting. The inherent flexibility of authentic performance evaluation is exceptionally well-suited with the alternative learning surroundings of the distance education student. On the other hand, authentic performance evaluation shares alike restrictions as those of the essay exam. Therefore, it is rather suitable for formative and diagnostic assessments but rather difficult for collective and placement evaluations.
 A significant feature of authentic performance evaluation in the conservative classroom is its flexibility in accommodating supportive learning. An authentic performance task may be allocated to a team of students as a team project sooner than to an individual. Throughout such team projects, we can evaluate product, process, attitude, and team work. Unluckily, as a result of the inherent division of the distance learner, this feature is not reasonable for distance education. As a result, the use of authentic performance assessment in distance education will most likely be limited to the evaluation of a personality student's problem-solving abilities, but not effects in the area of team work. Again, the promise of computer networking may, at some point in the future, overcome this limitation.
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