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.
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
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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