Assessment Blueprint

Starting to write some questions for your learning module? Start with a good blueprint to give you a complete picture of what, how much and which level of learning would you address through your questions.

An assessment blueprint provides an exhaustive list of objectives relating to each chapter or learning module. The following are the features of a blueprint.

1. A list of objectives mapping to each chapter or module (for example, Word, Excel, and Power Point in total) is prepared.
2. Each objective is identified with a corresponding level in the Blooms Taxonomy. Check with your client (if you find them knowledgeable) if they are specific about the level to be addressed.
3. Each objective should test the learner on only one specific task. Example: To compare the menu commands to publish a Web page. Non-example: To create, save, print and modify a workbook.
4. Objectives should address the skill level of the learner to perform a task and not his/her ability to remember names of buttons, tabs and tools or identify the location of a tool on the screen/menu.

Such a blueprint can be used to prepare 3 or more sets of assessment question papers. Using a standard blueprint to prepare multiple sets will ensure that all learners are tested on the same set of objectives irrespective of the question paper set they attempt in their exam.

More on guidelines to write questions to come...