LSILADD12  Externally monitor and maintain the quality of assessment

Overview           

This standard is about monitoring assessment processes and decisions from outside an organisation, and helping to maintain and improve relevant quality assurance systems.

 

Performance criteria

You must be able to:      

 

P1           plan, communicate and establish procedures for the external monitoring of quality assurance systems as required

P2           check that internal quality assurance systems and administrative arrangements meet current requirements

P3           check that staffing and staff competence, assessment arrangements, methods and decisions meet requirements

P4           provide advice and support to help improve internal quality assurance and assessment arrangements and practices

P5           work with others to ensure the standardisation of assessment practice and outcomes

P6           follow the agreed procedures when internal quality assurance and assessment arrangements and practices do not meet requirements

P7           follow agreed procedures for the recording, storing, reporting and confidentiality of information

 

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:        

 

K1           the key concepts and principles of assessment

K2           the key concepts and principles of quality assurance

K3           the role of the assessor and internal quality assurance staff and the current relevant requirements to undertake these roles

K4           the current requirements that must be met for internal and external quality assurance

K5           the current requirements that must be met for internal assessment arrangements and practices

K6           how to monitor and evaluate internal quality assurance arrangements and practices, including the use of technology

K7           how to monitor and evaluate internal assessment arrangements and practices, including the use of technology

K8           the procedures to follow when internal quality assurance and assessment arrangements do not meet requirements

K9           the types of support and advice that organisations need on internal quality assurance and assessment arrangements and practices

K10         the importance of providing consistent support and advice that follows agreed guidance and requirements

K11         how to adapt monitoring and evaluation approaches in relation to customer need without compromising standards

K12         issues related to equality, diversity and if relevant, bilingualism, that may affect assessment and quality assurance and how to address these

K13         different methods of providing appropriate support and advice in line with own organisation’s guidance

K14         record keeping procedures relating to external quality assurance

K15         the requirements for information management relating to external quality assurance

K16         the requirements for data protection and confidentiality in relation to external quality assurance

K17         the value and purpose of continuing professional development for assessment and quality assurance practitioners

 

Additional Information

Please visit the website link to access the NOS suite including the Introduction, which contains valuable context and background information for this suite of NOS.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110414152025/http://www.lluk.org/s tandards-and-qualifications/standards/learning-and-development-national- occupational-standards/

 

Glossary              

Assessment method

Ways of measuring learning and development, for example, observation, questioning, checking products of work, setting assignments

Equality

A state of fair treatment that is the right of all people regardless of differences in, for example, culture, ability, gender race, religion, wealth, sexual orientation, or any other group characteristic

Diversity

Acknowledging that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences in, for example, culture, ability, gender, race, religion, wealth, sexual orientation, or any other individual characteristic

Staff competence

This could include holding an assessor qualification and/or being expert in the subject being assessed

 

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