John Carr Senior External Verifier.
SQA New approach to Quality Assurance (HN & SVQ) March 2014
SQA new approach to Quality Assurance. Piloted by SQA for last 3 years. Full implementation in all centres in 2014-2015. Currently only HN & Vocational Qualifications. Volunteer Colleges in 2013-2014.
Summary of key changes. Refreshed Quality Assurance Criteria. Introduction of outcome ratings. Introduction of Action Plans Introduction of Sanctions.. Refreshed Qualifications Verification Reports (QVR)
Specific Quality Criteria for:-
Quality Criteria. Six Categories: - Management of a centre. - Resources. - Candidate Support. - Internal Assessment & Verification. - External Assessment. - Records/Data Management.
Overall Outcome Rating determines. No actions. Action Plan Sanctions.
Qualification Verification Visits Matching Evidence against criteria. High Impact Criteria Medium Impact Criteria Low Impact Criteria Sufficient Evidence Insufficient Evidence No Evidence
Qualification Verification Activity Visit Planning. Agreeing Sample. Verifying assessment decisions and evidence. On-line reporting. Colouring in. (traffic lights) EVs lose some autonomy. System dictates the outcome actions/sanction
5 possible ‘outcome ratings’ for each category. Significant Strengths. Strengths outweigh weaknesses. Some Strengths & Some Weaknesses Weaknesses outweigh Strengths Significant weaknesses. Overall outcome rating for the verification visit. Defaults to the lowest outcome rating.
Q.V. Reports. Refer to Example!