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Matthew McCullagh

Matthew McCullagh. Making the most of Verification. Quality Manager. Verification. Verification is the process by which SQA assures that national standards are maintained in assessments carried out by centres Partnership approach between SQA and approved centres. Internal Verification.

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Matthew McCullagh

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  1. MatthewMcCullagh Making the most of Verification Quality Manager

  2. Verification • Verification is the process by which SQA assures that national standards are maintained in assessments carried out by centres • Partnership approach between SQA and approved centres

  3. Internal Verification • An on-going quality assurance and improvement procedure • Ensures that all assessment decisions are valid and consistent throughout the entire assessment process • A 3 stage, rolling programme of before, during and after assessment activities

  4. Stage 1 - Before key features • Planning • Design and development • Validity and reliability • Discussion and agreement

  5. Records of Stage 1 • Minutes of team / partnership meetings • Internal Verification plan • Pre-delivery checklist • Endorsed Unit master file

  6. Assessor Get familiar with standards Get familiar with conditions Propose assessment instrument(s) Prepare candidates Internal Verifier Support assessor Confirm conditions Confirm assessment methods Confirm guidance Roles and Responsibilities – Stage 1

  7. Stage 2 - Duringkey features • Support • Consistency • Sampling • Feedback

  8. Records of Stage 2 • Records of sampling and feedback • Minutes of team / partnership meetings • Countersigned assessment records

  9. Assessor Assess candidates Make assessment judgements Feedback to candidates Internal Verifier Support assessor Confirm assessment judgements Feedback to assessor Roles and Responsibilities – Stage 2

  10. Stage 3 - Afterkey features • Review and evaluation • External verification • Discussion • Consensus

  11. Records of Stage 3 • Minutes of team / partnership meetings • Action plans

  12. Assessor Reflect on: assessment instrument support to candidates assessment judgements feedback to candidates Agree Action Plan Internal Verifier Support assessor Confirm reflections Feedback to assessor Agree Action Plan Roles and Responsibilities – Stage 3

  13. Key points • Internal Verification is not a re-marking exercise • Stage 2 IV is a sampling process • IV records are important – especially when used as feedback • Internal Verification should be supportive

  14. External verification – IP Unit • Quality Forums • Small groups of centres • IP EVs and Quality Enhancement Managers • Discussion and agreement • Supportive

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