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A tall glass case in a concrete room open to the sea holds four stepped steel cylinders in a row. Three reach a thin steel plate above them; the third stops short and carries an amber band.

Learning outcomes and assessment mapper

See whether each task can prove its outcome.

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What the film shows, in words
  1. See whether each task can prove its outcome.
  2. Four outcomes. Each asks for a level of thinking.
  3. 2 of 4 aligned. By the tool’s rule of thumb a quiz stops short of “evaluate”. One outcome has no task.
  4. A case analysis instead of the quiz: 3 of 4.
  5. A task, and a verb you can see: 4 of 4.
  6. Assess what you promise.

One course, changed three times

ExampleA short course for procurement officers. Illustrative. Nothing is saved or sent.

Step 1 of 4

The worked example, as it stands

Two of four outcomes are aligned.

The tool, on outcome 3

Outcome 3 asks learners to evaluate, but a quiz or multiple choice tests at a lower level.

2 ÷ 4 = 50% aligned; weights 100%. Outcome 3 asks for level 5; a quiz or multiple choice reaches 2, and 2 is below 5 − 1. Outcome 4 has no task, and opens with “understand”.

2 of 4 aligned

Weights 100%

Locked: the tool flags three things.

  1. 01Apply published evaluation criteria to score three bidsApply, level 3 · Practical task, reaches 4Aligned
  2. 02Explain the stages of the procurement cycleUnderstand, level 2 · Quiz or multiple choice, reaches 2Aligned
  3. 03Evaluate a contract award decision for compliance risksEvaluate, level 5 · Quiz or multiple choice, reaches 2Task too low
  4. 04Understand the importance of ethics in procurementUnderstand, level 2 · No task yetNo task, Vague verb
  • The cut: the level an outcome asks for. A higher level is a deeper cut.
  • The pin: how far that type of task can reach, by the tool’s rule of thumb.
  • The line: one level thick. A pin that touches it counts as aligned.

Now your outcomes, and their tasks.

List each learning outcome, the level of thinking it asks for and the task that assesses it. The mapper flags outcomes with no task, tasks that test at a lower level than the outcome, weights that do not add up and verbs you cannot observe.

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LiveYour lockChoose a chamber to open its outcome.

2 of 4 aligned

Weights 100%

Locked: the tool flags three things.

Task ceilings are rules of thumb; a well-designed quiz can test application. Weights total 100%, yet 20% of it rests on an outcome with no task: the empty chamber keeps its width.

Outcome 01 of 04

Aligned

Outcome map

  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
The cut The level this outcome asks for
The pin The type of task. The tool reads the type, not the name.

Practical task reaches 4, above apply (3). The pin stops at the line: the tool gives no credit for testing higher than asked.

The width This outcome’s weight

40%

The whole map

Every outcome as the tool’s own table, then its issues and the weight at each level of thinking. A weight total of 100% says the weights add up. It does not say every outcome is assessed.

4outcomes
50%aligned
100%assessment weight
Outcome-to-assessment map
#OutcomeLevelTaskWeightStatus
01Apply published evaluation criteria to score three bidsApplyScore three sample bids40%Aligned
02Explain the stages of the procurement cycleUnderstandShort quiz20%Aligned
03Evaluate a contract award decision for compliance risksEvaluateMultiple-choice quiz20%Task too low
04Understand the importance of ethics in procurementUnderstandNone20%No task, Vague verb

Alignment issues

  • Check: Outcome 3 asks learners to evaluate, but a quiz or multiple choice tests at a lower level.Use a case, practical task or project that makes learners do it.
  • Gap: Outcome 4 is not assessed.Each assessed outcome needs a task that shows it.
  • Check: Outcome 4 uses “understand”, which cannot be observed.Use a verb you can see: explain, calculate, compare, design, decide.
Weight by level of thinking
  1. Understand40%
  2. Apply40%
  3. Evaluate20%
Your editable templateOutcome-to-assessment mapTry this form

Practice 03: Training & capacity buildingFree · instant results on this pageTool owner: Prof. Wisdom GagakumaVersion 1.0 ·

Your map, as it stands

outcomes
4
aligned
50%
assessment weight
100%

It moves with every change you make above. The task ceilings behind it are rules of thumb, and “aligned” allows one level of difference.

Your editable template

Outcome-to-assessment map, by email once delivery is connected.

  • The outcome-to-assessment map, as an editable spreadsheet
  • The gaps the mapper flags, listed

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A concrete wall with four tall, narrow openings onto the sea: three reach the same height, and the fourth stops lower under a block of amber glass.
On the line: within one level of what the outcome asks.

How it works, and its limits.

The level
The outcome asks learners to evaluate: level 5 of 6. Its cut is 5 deep.
The ceiling
A quiz or multiple choice reaches 2. 2 is below 5 − 1, so the tool’s status is “Task too low”. One level short would pass; that is not the same as the full level tested.
The verb
A sentence that opens with a verb the tool cannot observe is flagged, and its cut is drawn soft. The check is a plain word match, so it can misfire.
Outcome 3 of the worked example: “Evaluate a contract award decision for compliance risks”, assessed by “Multiple-choice quiz”.

Method

  1. 01

    Outcome levels follow the revised Bloom taxonomy, from remember (1) to create (6).

  2. 02

    Each task type has a typical ceiling (for example a quiz 2, a case analysis 5, a project 6). A task more than one level below its outcome is flagged.

  3. 03

    Verbs such as “understand” or “know” are flagged because they cannot be observed.

  4. 04

    A task named as attendance or completion is flagged: being present is not the task performed. The check is a plain word match.

  5. 05

    Once any outcome names an owner, a planted critical mistake or what follows a miss, every outcome needs an owner, and an outcome with planted critical mistakes is aligned only when its pass rule catches all of them and says what follows a miss.

What it cannot tell you

  • Task ceilings are rules of thumb; a well-designed quiz can test application.
  • It does not check the quality of the tasks themselves.
  • Accreditation rules may set their own requirements.
  • A course completed, or every task on this map passed, is not permission to do the work. The institution gives that, by its own procedure.

Quality ruleEach assessed outcome has a measurable task.

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When the map shows gaps, and the course needs the work.

The mapper reads the levels and task types you enter. It does not read the tasks themselves, or how each outcome is taught. A course design review does both, with you.

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