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Curriculum 2013 for High School in Indonesia emphasizes the importance of using authentic assessment in teaching and learning process including Teaching English as Foreign Language. However, most English teachers still get confuse in designing and implementing authentic assessment in their class. Authentic assessment is the process of gathering information by teachers about students’ progress and achievement. It is a comprehensive assessment conducted in respect of the whole activity of learning, including learning processes and products so that the whole effort of learners can be assessed. This article aims to reveal the teachers’ needs on authentic assessment to evaluate English writing skills of junior high school students and to develop a model of authentic assessment suitable with teachers’ need and characteristics of the learners. This was a research and development study using ADDIE Model. The data of the study were obtained from teachers’ responses on the questionnaires regarding the students’ needs on the use of authentic assessment for English speaking skills. The finding shows (1) the problems faced by teachers regarding the assessment of certain language functions, (2) teachers' needs on the authentic assessment regarding the language functions activities, and scoring rubrics for writing skills, (3) the model of authentic assessment suitable with teachers’ need related to language function, activities, and scoring rubrics The appropriate need analysis can be used effectively in developing authentic assessment for writing skills.