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ASSESSMENT-DESIGN5 MIN READ

Build a mini blueprint in four moves

Create a compact assessment blueprint connecting objectives, weight, item type, and evidence.

You need a 12-item assessment for assessment-design foundations, but the draft is drifting toward terminology. Blueprint = objective + weight + evidence + item type. The common shortcut is to write all the easy recall items first, then discover that the assessment barely samples the most important performance outcomes. Before 9 terminology items, 2 definition matches, 1 scenario, no rubric task. After 3 terminology checks, 4 scenario judgments, 3 item-diagnosis tasks, 2 rubric-scoring tasks. 1 List the objectives as claims, not topics: "can diagnose item flaws," "can choose evidence type," "can apply a short rubric." Claims tell you what the…

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