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12. What do assessment designers need to know?

• Assessment is about students representing the outcomes of their learning to themselves and others.

• There needs to be continuity with the good learning environments which precede assessment.

• Assessment which exhibits good technical features but which does not promote effective learning processes is not good assessment.

• Finally, I would ask myself: if I was undertaking this course, would this act of assessment be a worthwhile culmination of what I have achieved as a learner? If not, we have work to do.