Which of the following is a step in Curricular Design?

• A. Unwrap priority standards
• B. Create post assessment for end of unit
• C. Determine the big ideas
• D. Collect resource materials

Answer: (B)

In curricular design, planning how you will measure learning is essential from the start. Creating a post-unit assessment sets a concrete target for what students should be able to know and do by the end, and it anchors the entire unit around evidence of learning. This step ensures the assessments align with the standards and objectives, guiding how you sequence lessons, choose activities, and allocate time so that what you teach leads to measurable outcomes. The other activities—unwrapping priority standards, identifying big ideas, and gathering resource materials—are important planning tasks too, but they feed the design in different ways: interpreting exactly what the standards require, focusing the curriculum around central concepts, and ensuring you have the materials you’ll need. Designing the end-of-unit assessment, however, directly shapes the form of evidence you’ll use to evaluate student mastery, making it the best fit for a step in curricular design.