f you asked any company's CFO this question, you would probably be in for a three-hour conversation. But the core duties can be summarized in just a few paragraphs. A CFO's job can be broken down into three major components: 1. Controllership duties - These make up the backward looking part of a CFO's job.
Authentic assessments, on the other hand, offer more direct evidence of application and construction of knowledge. As in the golf example above, putting a golf student on the golf course to play provides much more direct evidence of proficiency than giving the student a written test.
authenticating. 1  1 : to prove or serve to prove that (something) is genuine; especially : to prove that (an item of evidence) is genuine for the purpose of establishing admissibility. 2  2 : to make (a written instrument) valid and effective by marking especially with one's signature authenticate a check.