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Alignment is the thread running through everything MESO generates: the outcomes you selected are what the lessons deliver and what the assessment measures. The product surface for this is called MESO Align.

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What alignment means in practice

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You select outcomes

From the specification for your subject and year group.
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The unit is planned against them

The sequence exists to deliver those outcomes, not the topic wording.
3

Lessons inherit them

Each lesson’s objectives trace back to the unit’s outcomes.
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Assessment measures them

The rubric and the assessment are built against the same outcomes, so what you grade is what you taught.

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Checking alignment yourself

The Overview view of a unit shows its curriculum mapping. This is the check worth doing on every unit before you teach it:
  • Are the outcomes listed the ones you selected?
  • Does the lesson sequence actually deliver them, or does it drift onto adjacent material?
  • Does the assessment measure those outcomes rather than something easier to assess?

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Where alignment goes wrong

The two common failures are worth knowing, because they look different: Neither is fixed by regenerating. Adjust the outcomes or the topic and generate again.

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The limit of alignment

Alignment tells you what the plan was built against. It does not verify that the content is correct, that a cited reference exists, or that the pitch suits your class. Those remain your professional judgement — MESO drafts, you decide what reaches a classroom.