Assessment Evidence
Matching Assessments to Objectives
The Learning Commons at UC San Diego explains the importance of selecting the right assessment evidence, "Research has shown that students often struggle, lack motivation, or fail to complete online courses due to information overload, ineffective time management, and lack of meaningful and personal connection. Alignment attempts to tackle these challenges by ensuring there is a connection between the learning material, activities, and assessments to the learning outcomes, which results in more intentional instruction, appropriate assessments, and meaningful engagement of learners."
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A Continuum of Assessments
The verb in your objective will drive what type of assessment evidence you are looking for. This diagram from the book, Understanding by Design, shows the different types of evidence on a continuum moving in scope from:
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Simple to complex
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Short to long-term
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Decontextualized to authentic contexts
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Highly directive to unstructured
Here's more information about the Backwards Design Process and Continuum of Assessments.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy to
Select & Develop Assessments
Bloom's Taxonomy is a great resource to help you in developing your assessments. If your objective requires the student to "evaluate" information, you could use the Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel to explore some suggested thought processes related to the evaluation domain. To demonstrate the ability to evaluate, a student could "defend" or "judge" information as evidence of the objective.