5D Assessment Development Tools

Our process for developing or adapting assessments that are aligned with the 5D, Framework vision involves eight phases - each with a clear goal and a set of tools and processes to guide your design work.

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5D Assessment Development Tool

This document combines all of our tools into a single document to allow you to use work from one phase to inform another.

To support use of the 5D Assessment Development Tool, we have Guidance, How-To Instructions, and Tips for each phase.

The 5D Assessment Professional Learning Materials by Inquiry Hub & BSCS Science Learning are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


This license allows educators to use, modify, and reuse these resources to meet their needs. This license does require appropriate attribution, which means you must give credit to the author, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the 5D Assessment Project endorses you or your use. 


Suggested Citation: Lo, A. S., & Cooper, S. L. (Eds.). (2024). 5D Assessment Development Tools and Processes  [Professional Learning Tools]. 5dassessment.org.