115753, 115755: Integrated Assessors programme

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Topics Covered

Chapter 1: The design principles of assessment

• Introduction
• Assessment strategies
• Assessment frames of reference
• Assessment procedures
• Assessment evidence
• Assessment methods
• Differences in designing assessments for RPL-candidates and for programme-based assessment
• Key principles of assessment
• Summary of Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Design assessments

• Introduction
• Factors to consider in the design of assessment: assessment criteria
• The principles of adult learning
• Evidence of activities that assess outcomes
• The approach to the assessment
• Scaffolding learning
• Outcomes to be assessed
• Types and quality of evidence to be collected
• Resources required
• Conditions for assessment
• Accountability
• Instructions to support personnel
• Cost and time requirements
• Timing and time limits of the assessment
• Contingency planning
• Cost-effectiveness in design
• The assessment plan
• Quality assurance of the assessment design
• Considering the characteristics of the student
• Adjusting the assessment instruments to the characteristics of the students
• The assessment guide
• Determining the focus of the assessment tool
• Design and develop assessment tools
• The Memorandum
• Results of previous assessments
• Special needs of students and unfair barriers to achievement
• Achieving holistic, integrated and comprehensive assessment
• Opportunities for gathering naturally-occurring evidence
• Summary of Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Develop assessment activities

• Introduction
• Selecting assessment activities
• Achieving integrated assessment
• Communicating with students about assessment
• Efficient and effective assessment
• Contextualising assessment activities
• Time allocated for assessment
• Summary of Chapter 3

Chapter 4: Developing subjective assessment methods

• Introduction
• Diagnostic assessment
• Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
• Tests or examinations
• Checklists
• Semantic differential
• Ranking
• Open book examinations
• Practical examination
• Delayed-action examination
• Oral examination or presentation
• Assessment of a situation or simulation test
• Interpretation tests
• Creativity tests
• Self-assessment
• Witness testimony and peer reports
• Group assessment
• Observation in the workplace
• Rubrics
• Summary of Chapter 4

Chapter 5: Developing objective assessment methods

• Introduction
• Completing the answer tests
• Insert-type questions
• Selection-type questions
• Multiple-choice questions
• Comprehension questions
• Application-type questions
• Interpretive exercises
• The alternative-choice test
• Matching-item tests
• The structured question
• Online assessment
• Shortcomings of objective tests
• Summary of chapter 5

Chapter 6: Evaluate assessment design and development

• Introduction
• Evaluate assessment designs and guides
• The criteria against which assessment instruments are to be evaluated
• Capturing evaluation results
• Making recommendations
• Quality assurance requirements
• Summary of Chapter 6

Chapter 7: An introduction to assessment

• Introduction
• Students, learners and candidates
• Assessment defined
• The difference between assessment and evaluation
• The purposes of assessment
• The curriculum and the hidden curriculum
• Assessment strategies
• Assessment frames of reference
• Assessment procedures
• Assessment evidence
• Assessment methods
• Summary of Chapter 7

Chapter 8: Prepare for assessment

• Introduction
• The principles of assessment
• Role players in assessmen
• Pre-assessment moderation
• Briefing the students on the assessment
• Arranging resources needed for assessment
• Establish and maintain the assessment environment
• Summary of Chapter 8

Chapter 9: Conduct assessment

• Introduction
• Making use of sources of evidence - gathering quality evidence
• Collect evidence in accordance with the assessment plan
• Gathering naturally-occurring evidence: assessment in the workplace
• Supporting the student
• Making the assessment decisions
• Record and report the assessment decisions
• Making recommendations
• Summary of Chapter 9

Chapter 10: Provide feedback on assessments

• Introduction
• Providing feedback explained
• Giving feedback on assessment results
• Providing feedback on social skills
• Returning the examination papers to the students
• Appeals
• Re-assessment
• Handling disputes
• Making further decisions
• Summary of Chapter 10

Chapter 11: Review assessments

• Introduction
• The need for confidentiality
• Who reviews assessment instruments and processes?
• What should be reviewed?
• Approaches to the review of assessments
• Identifying strengths and weaknesses in the instruments and processes
• Activities governing the quality assurance of assessment
• Changing assessment practices
• Giving feedback to designers and developers of assessment instruments
• Summary of Chapter 11

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