Quality of Assessment Action Group

This Action Group has been established to address the widely held perceptions across the national training system that the quality of assessment practices needs to improve. The specific outputs of this Action Group are:

• a scoping report that reviews what constitutes and contributes to quality assessment and identifies key issues impacting on quality assessment in the current context and analyses materials currently available to support the VET workforce in assessment (from the 2008 NQC project Quality of Assessment Practices stage 1)
• a report that analyses the breadth of existing materials in support of quality assessment at all AQF levels, identifies gaps and proposes a strategy for addressing gaps (from the 2008 NQC project Quality of Assessment Practices stage 2);
• publication and dissemination of the Stage 1 & 2 reports (from the 2008 NQC project Quality of Assessment Practices)
• a Strategic Industry Audit of the TAA Training Package that will provide recommendations on the suitability and fitness for purpose of the qualifications and resources contained in the TP, including implementation issues;
• a strategy plan to address the agreed recommendations arising from the Strategic Industry Audit;
• a communication and dissemination strategy for the agreed strategy plan;
• a report of the scoping project that analysed alternative frameworks for workplace recognition and developed conceptual thinking about what a broader recognition policy might be (from the 2008 NQC project Alternative frameworks for recognition of workplace training);
• a feasibility study to investigate the viability, key features and infrastructure required to support a national system for identifying, recording and reporting on workplace and other forms of learner attainment (following on from the 2008 NQC project Alternative frameworks for recognition of workplace training);
• a report of the project to research, develop and trial good practice models/strategies (including principles and guidelines) for moderation of assessment (from the 2008 NQC project National approach to moderation to improve consistency of assessment);
• publication and dissemination of good practice models/strategies (including principles and guidelines) for moderation of assessment.

Please Note: that the outputs listed are subject to endorsement at the 23 April NQC meeting and will be updated to reflect any changes that are agreed at that meeting.