3. Opener - Thinkable
1. Hole in One 4. Prison Sentence
2. Walking on Air 5. Walk in the Woods
3. Easel 6. Pigs in a Blanket
4. The Quality Series
1. Quality in Administration
2. Quality in Training
3. Quality in Assessment
4. Quality in Engagement with Stakeholders
5. Quality for Students
5. The Quality Series
1. Quality in Administration
2. Quality in Training
3. Quality in Assessment
4. Quality in Engagement with Stakeholders
5. Quality for Students
6. Agenda
1
• What is Quality Assessment?
2
• Key Compliance Responsibilities
3
• The Importance of the Assessment Tool
4
• Tips and Templates
5
• Methods for improving the experience
18. Key points
• It helps to determine whether the amount
of assessment conducted is sufficient.
• It is in place to protect the integrity of the
qualification and the robustness of the
outcomes.
• It supports a better transition from the
learning environment to the workplace, as
candidates can prove that they have skills
and knowledge specified in a relevant
training product (and needed by the job).
19. What ? -The Assessment Journey
Technical Principles of
Assessment
Rules of
Evidence
30. Clarify the evidence requirements
Review the components of the training package or accredited
course and identify all of the requirements a learner needs to
show to demonstrate competency.
This may mean that multiple and varied assessment methods are
required.
Consider how a learner will:
• demonstrate the task;
• know what they need to do to complete the task and why; and
• demonstrate they have the ability to perform the tasks in
different contexts and environments.
40. Context and conditions
The context and conditions of the assessment
clarify the target group and the purpose of
the tool and is recorded in instructions for the
assessor, the learner and any contributing
third party.
The instructions should be appropriate for the
reader and can be included with the
assessment instrument or attached as a
separate document.
41. Activity
List some considerations for context and conditions
in assessment.
Training package requirements and industry consultation may
identify conditions to be considered when conducting assessment
such as:
• equipment or material requirements
• contingencies
• specifications
• physical conditions
• relationships with team members and supervisors
• relationships with clients/customers
• timeframes for completion.
42. Tasks to be administered
Do
Say
Write
Create
The instructions you provide to the student should outline
the task(s) through which a learner can
demonstrate competency.
43. Administration, recording and reporting
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Assessors and
learners need
to be informed
Retain actual
piece of work
(where possible)
45. Quality Checks –Trialling, Reviewing and Refining
To ensure that your assessment
tools are consistent with the
requirements of the training
package and that they maintain
their currency, sufficiency and
effectiveness, it is important that
they are trialled, reviewed and
refined before use.
Question: What could be involved in these quality checks
prior to final implementation of the assessment tool?
46. Benefits of Trialling, Reviewing and Refining…
Consultation with industry can help to confirm:
• _______ accuracy;
• ________ to workplace; and
• _______________ of language.
Content
Relevant
Appropriateness
47. Benefits of Trialling, Reviewing and Refining…
• Address all the _____________ of
Training Packages/Accredited Courses;
• Enable ________ collection of evidence;
and
• Provide _____instructions which can
easily be understood by learners,
assessors and any relevant third party.
Requirements
Effective
Clear
Review with trainers and assessors can help to ensure
assessment tools:
