Academic Prompt

A form of assessment between an authentic performance task and a short-answer test or quiz. Academic prompts are open-ended written performance tests. As the word academic suggests, they are tests that occur only in school or exam situations. The tester prompts a response to a particular quote, idea, or request for performance. Such prompts are not authentic (even though they prompt performance) because typical school constraints are placed on the task, the access to resources, time allotted, and opportunity to talk to others.

Source:

Wiggins, Grant; McTighe, Jay (2005). Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition (Page 336). Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.