Topic 2: Contribute to Assessment Validation

TAEASS403A Participate in assessment validation

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At the end of this session, you should know how to:

contribute to assessment validation in different ways

plan and prepare to participate in assessment validation.

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Who contributes? The validation approach usually

determines who will participate.

The validation may: be internal or external be in partnership with another RTO include industry representatives or

technical experts.

Assessors are very important participants.

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Various rolesYour role may include the following:

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•Establishing the purpose, focus and context of the assessment validation.

Preparation

•Collecting, reading and interpreting assessment materials, for example policies and procedures, assessment guidelines.

Obtaining materials

•Submitting examples such as assessment instruments/tools, instructions, checklists.

Submitting materials

•You may be part of a team or a panel – be prepared to actively contribute.

Participating in validation

•Discuss the outcomes of the validation and suggest ways to make improvements.

Discussing findings

Materials required Materials required may include:

unit of competency evidence lists relevant assessment strategy or plan samples of assessment instruments and tools samples of completed instruments and tools

and evidence gathered samples of evidence, such as products and

documents assessment exemplars assessment policies and procedures feedback from candidates validation templates.

Ensure that you have the latest version of all documents.

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Templates used for validation Form the basis for discussion, which may

include:

how well an assessment tool addresses the unit

experiences of using the tool

design of the tool

acceptable evidence

experiences and feedback from candidates

forms of reasonable adjustment

evaluation of tools against principles of assessment and rules of evidence

comparability of the evidence collected by different assessors.

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Validation self-assessment

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National Quality Council validation self-assessment as an assessment tool.

Go to:

<http://www.nqc.tvetaustralia.com.au>.

The next stepYou should now:

explore validation templates and think about how they can be used

identify an assessment validation process that you can participate in

determine the role you will have in the validation process

continue with Assessment Task 1

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