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The Best Choice .... according to the experts

RMC Corporation (2002) – Good assessments must:

1. be aligned with specific standards and learning
   targets;
2. affect what is important for students to know
   and be able to do;
3. be aligned with instruction;
4. have appropriate rubrics
   or scoring criteria attached that already distinguish between levels of performance

Rationale

You want your assessment to

1. Measure student achievement of objectives
2. Measure what you teach
3. Measure what you expect students
   to learn
4. Communicate clearly what learning is expected