The test blueprint should list your goals and objectives in the left-hand columns, and the outcome behaviors you are using across the top row. In the example below, goal one and its two objectives represent "knowledge" behaviors or outcomes. The task, then, is to identify assessment items that help us measure those outcomes. We have selected supplied response, matching, and true/false questions. Each of these item types is useful for measuring lower-order student "knowledge." Since goal one seeks lower-order outcomes, we weight these questions lower than goals three through four which represent higher-order outcomes. Continuing with the example, goal four represents an "evaluation" behavior or outcome. We select the interpretive exercise as an appropriate assessment type to measure these higher-order student abilities.

Goals	Objectives	Items Selected to Assess Knowledge Objectives	Items Selected to Assess Comprehension Objectives	Items Selected to Assess Application Objectives	Items Selected to Assess Analysis Objectives	Items Selected to Assess Synthesis Objectives	Items Selected to Assess Evaluation Objectives	Weighting
Goal 1: The students will know...	Objective 1-1: Name...	supplied response						1
	Objective 1-2: List...	matching, true/false						1
Goal 2: The students will use...	Objective 2-1: Translate...			supplied response				1
	Objective 2-2: Practice...			multiple choice				2
Goal 3: The students will create...	Objective 3-1: Produce...					performance assessment		3
Goal 4: The students will rate...	Objective 4-1: Assess...						interpretive exercise	3
	Objective 4-2: Choose...						interpretive exercise	2