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www.anngravells.co.ukThis presentation will cover:

• What is standardisation?• Benefits of standardisation• Standardisation activities• IQA team activities• Summary quiz• Reading list• Website list

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ActivityWhat is standardisation?

What do you consider the term standardisation to mean?

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What is standardisation?

• Standardisation ensures all assessors and IQAs interpret the assessment requirements in the same way

• It helps ensure all assessors are consistent and fair to all learners throughout their time with your organisation

• It helps ensure all IQAs are fair to all assessors

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Benefits of standardisation

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What other benefits of standardisation are there?

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Standardisation activities

Standardisation meetings can take place to:

• re-assess learners’ work and discuss assessors’ decisions

• compare how assessment documents have been completed

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Activity

Create a list of different standardisation activities you could carry out with your assessors, for your particular subject.

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Standardisation activities

Other activities can include:

• new staff shadowing experienced staff

• peer observations and feedback

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IQA team activities

• If more than one IQA is responsible for a particular subject area, they should standardise their practice with each other

• This will ensure that all IQAs are consistent with their approach and …

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Activity

What IQA team activities could you carry out?

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IQA team activities

Examples of IQA team activities include:

• Discussing how you all use and complete the IQA documentation, e.g. plans, observations, reports etc

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Summary quiz

1. What is standardisation?

2. State three benefits of standardisation

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Reading list• Gravells A (2014) Achieving your Assessment

and Quality Assurance Units (TAQA) London Learning Matters SAGE

• Ollin R & Tucker J (2012) The Vocational Assessor Handbook (including IQA) London Kogan Page

• Read H (2012) The Best Quality Assurer’s Guide Bideford Read On Publications Ltd

• Wilson (2012) Practical Teaching: A Guide to Assessment and Quality Assurance Hampshire Cengage Learning

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Website list

• Case studies and good practice materials - http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/node/1437

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This presentation has covered:

• What is standardisation?

• Benefits of standardisation

• Standardisation activities

• IQA team activities

• Summary quiz

• Reading list

• Website list