The curriculum that is being applied in Indonesia is 2013 Curriculum. This curriculum demands teachers
to use authentic assessment, including an assessment of students ' writing skill in English subject. This
authentic assessment instrument can be arranged by teachers or experts. Authentic assessment products
have been developed, yet it has not investigated to see how the product is used. Therefore, its
implementation needs to be investigated to see if it has been appropriately applied based on theory and
to see what problems may be encountered by teachers during the implementation and possible causes of
the problem. This paper presents the form of instrument to be used in investigating the implementation
of authentic assessment for writing skill at the junior high school level. Instruments developed by using
theory-based approach and has been validated by several experts to assure the validity and practicality
of the instrument.