---
title: "Mapping Assessments to Course Outcomes"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Dr Chris Tuffnell, FHEA"
resource_person_role: "Education consultant and learning designer"
vertical: "assessment"
module: "Assessment Principles"
lesson: "Mapping Assessments to Course Outcomes"
lesson_key: "mapping-assessments-to-course-outcomes"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "Dr Chris Tuffnell - Education Consultant"
---
# Mapping Assessments to Course Outcomes: Highlights

**Resource person:** Dr Chris Tuffnell, FHEA - Education consultant and learning designer

**Curated from:** Dr Chris Tuffnell - Education Consultant

1. Constructive alignment connects outcomes, learning activities, and assessment evidence.
2. The action verb in an outcome signals the performance students must demonstrate.
3. Assessment should elicit the same level and kind of thinking named in the outcome.
4. Practice and feedback prepare learners for that performance.
5. A mapping table reveals missing evidence, weak rehearsal, and redundant activity.
6. Alignment concerns coherence; it leaves room for varied methods and contexts.