Description:
This course introduces educators to designing meaningful assessments that reveal true understanding—not just memorisation. You will learn how to create valid, reliable, and authentic assessments that align with learning goals and support transfer beyond the classroom. Grounded in Understanding by Design, this course helps teachers use assessment as a tool for learning, reflection, and improvement—making small, intentional shifts 1% at a time.

🔑 Key Highlights:

• Understand the purpose of different assessment types and when to use them.
• Design authentic performance tasks using the GRASPS framework.
• Create clear criteria and rubrics to ensure fairness and clarity.
• Shift assessment from grading-focused to learning-focused practice.

📘 What You Will Learn:

• Assessment That Reveals Understanding: Learn how to move beyond recall-based tests and gather evidence of deep learning and transfer.
• Performance Tasks & GRASPS: Design real-world assessment tasks using the Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product, and Standards framework.
• Validity, Criteria, and Rubrics: Understand what makes an assessment valid and how clear criteria improve consistency and student confidence.
• Assessment for Learning: Discover how formative checks, feedback, self-assessment, and reflection turn assessment into a continuous learning process.

This course empowers educators to see assessment not as an endpoint, but as a powerful driver of better teaching, deeper learning, and intentional growth.