Which of the following is a potential downside to using permanent product recording?

The choice of accuracy issues as a potential downside to using permanent product recording is a valid consideration because permanent products—items or evidence created as a result of a behavior—can sometimes be misinterpreted or miscalibrated. For instance, when assessing the quality of a completed task, such as a worksheet or artwork, the final product may not accurately reflect the process that led to its creation or the specific behaviors exhibited during that process. This can result in misleading conclusions about a learner’s skills or progress.

Furthermore, while permanent product recording can often yield consistent measures, there are instances where the conditions under which the product was created might lead to variability—affecting the reliability of the data in capturing true behavioral performance. Therefore, ensuring that the interpretation of these products expresses the true behavioral changes can present a challenge.

The other options, while they may represent actual concerns in different contexts, do not specifically highlight the critical issue of accuracy associated with permanent product recording in the same way.