wk 3 - Assessment Carnegie Mellon part 1 Introduction

Carnegie Mellon -- Align Assessment with Objectives

• Assessments should provide instructors and students with evidence how well the students have learned the intended material
   
• What the student is to learn and accomplish guides the choice and design of assessment
   
• Two major reasons assessments are aligned with learning objectives:
• 1. Alignment increases probability for students to have opportunity to learn and practice knowledge and skills on the assessments (really - talk about gobbledegook ) intended by the instructional designer and course agency
• 2. Assessments and objectives are aligned, "good grades" often translates into "good learning".
• When assessments and objectives are misaligned, focus will be on good grades on assessments, rather than learning the intended content

 

http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/assessments.html