Improving academic integrity through authentic assessment design.

ChatGPT has triggered alarm throughout the higher education community since its release in November 2022. The chatbot has introduced new and complex issues around academic integrity and intensified existing concerns about misconduct practices such as contract cheating. Assessment design has been heralded as a potential solution to address evolving misconduct practices, and there is widespread belief that incorporating authenticity into assessment design is particularly effective. The necessity to deliver ‘employment ready’ graduates has also positioned authentic assessment as a preferred method for fostering the professional skills needed in complex work environments. The development of employability skills, however, is contingent on students being held to the highest academic standards in assessment practices. Promoting authenticity and academic integrity in assessment, therefore, is a continuing priority for higher education. This study employs a narrative literature review to investigate the relationship between authentic assessment and academic integrity, and 20 papers from 2019 to 2023 were chosen for review. This analysis has led to the development of a robust Model for Practice designed to guide the implementation of authentic assessment in a way that improves academic integrity, while simultaneously enhancing student engagement and employability skills, thus informing future assessment practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]