Designing It Right: Making an Impact with Diagnostic Assessments

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Steps for designing a diagnostic

Now that we have discussed why diagnostics are useful and when they are suitable, let’s get started on how to design an effective diagnostic assessment. We have come up with five simple steps:

  1. Define your goal
  2. Identify impact on course design
  3. Assess learning objectives
  4. Determine question format
  5. Develop a message to learners

http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1619/designing-it-right-making-an-impact-with-diagnostic-assessments

Diagnostic assessment is a hot topic at the moment.  There are many questions about designing, management and delivery of this assessment.  We have to consider why we are doing these assessment and how we are using them to support our students.  I am sure it will be a topic we will need to cover after this full school review.  I believe it is something we will need to develop together.

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