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Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence
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Principles of Assessment
Assessment methods must be:
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- Valid (assess what they say they do)
- Reliable (other lecturers would make the same judgement with the same evidence)
- Flexible (students’ needs are taken into account in terms of the methods, the time and the place)
- Fair (allow all students to demonstrate their competence)
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Rules of Evidence
Assessment tools must comply with the rules of evidence, for instance, the tool must facilitate the gathering of evidence that is:
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- Valid (covers all requirements of the unit of competency);
- Sufficient (enables you to make a decision about competence over time and in different situations)
- Current (competent performance is contemporaneous)
- Authentic (is the student’s own work)
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