Assessment design
Evidence-Based Assessment Design
Designing from the decision and evidence requirement back to the assessment experience.
The design question
What evidence would make the intended assessment decision more defensible?
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Begin with the decision, context and standard the assessment needs to support.
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Specify what observable evidence would demonstrate the relevant capability or behaviour.
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Design scenarios, prompts and scoring criteria to collect that evidence consistently.
Applying the principle
Treat assessment as an evidence system rather than a collection of interview questions, exercises or technology features.