Assessment & Moderation

Herman LetokaETQA Manager

FIETA

Elements of Assessment

• Fairness in AssessmentAn assessment should not hinder or

advantage a learner

What would constitute unfairness?

• Inequality of opportunities, resources and

teaching and learning approaches

• Bias: ethnicity, gender, age, disability,

social class& race

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• Validity in Assessment

Is it measuring what it says it is measuring?

• The assessment procedures, methods, instruments and materials have to match what is being assessed

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• Reliability in Assessment Consistency refers to the same

judgments being made in the same or similar contexts

• Assessments should not be influenced by bias, different assessors, applying different standards, assessor evidence, assessor assumptions

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• Practicability in Assessment

Practicability refers to availability of financial resources, facilities, equipment and time

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• Credibility in Assessment• Fairness + Validity + Reliability +

Practicability = Credibility

• Ethics in assessment:

- results of assessment can lead to increase

in pay, improved career prospects

RPL & Assessment

RPL is giving credit to what learners already know and can do regardless of where the learning was achieved

• There is no fundamental difference in assessment for previously acquired skills and assessment of a current learning process

Moderation & Assessment

Moderation ensures that people who are being assessed are assessed in a consistent, accurate and well-designed manner. Moderation of assessment occurs at both the level of the provider (internal moderation), and at the level of the ETQA (external moderation).

SAQA Moderation system

NSBs - submit qualifications with moderation

options

ETQAs – establish moderation systems for

accredited providers

Providers – establish internal moderation systems

in line with the ETQAs

Moderating bodies – are appointed by SAQA

to assure consistency in unit standards and

qualifications across one or more ETQAs

Moderation system

• HOW DOES MODERATION OCCUR?Moderation systems combine external

and internal moderation. Both external and internal moderation systems must ensure that all assessors produce assessments that are credible, fair, valid, reliable and practicable.

Assessment

•ASSESSMENT

Assessment can

make or break the

system if not done properly

• Thank you