Internal Verification Janet Strain

Internal Verification Internal Verification: A Guide for Centres offering SQA Qualifications

What do you know already about Internal Verification? Quiz What do you know already about Internal Verification?

Duties of an Internal Verifier In your groups, decide whether the following statements are true or false: 1 An Internal Verifier is appointed because he/she is a subject specialist 2 The Internal Verifier assesses the work of candidates 3 The Internal Verifier does not meet candidates TRUE TRUE TRUE

4 The Internal Verifier can change the assessor’s assessment decisions 5 The Internal Verifier is responsible for carrying out internal standardisation 6 The Internal Verifier has a responsibility to report on resources 7 The Internal Verifier is required to sample evidence covering all assessors, all sites and all class groups TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE

8 The Internal Verifier is responsible for checking the reliability, validity and practicability of an assessment 9 The Internal Verifier is not required to meet the External Verifier during EV visits 10 The Internal Verifier should create a sampling plan when completing Internal Verification TRUE TRUE TRUE

The Process Internal verification aims to ensure that: All assessments are valid, reliable, practicable, equitable and fair Assessors apply the standards of assessment uniformly and consistently National standards have been correctly identified and applied

The Process Internal verification involves: Pre delivery, during delivery and post delivery checks Good internal verification includes discussion and the recording of discussion and decisions Internal verifier must have subject knowledge

During and After Delivery Decisions Sample outcomes to ensure standardisation Discuss discrepancies with assessors Agree actions

Professional Judgement Professional judgement of candidate evidence is based on The evidence requirements in the Unit Specification The assessment conditions in the Unit Specification Valid, reliable and practicable assessment instrument Subject specialist knowledge

Professional Judgement Understanding standards Command words commonly found in assessment instruments

Cross Marking and Internal Verification Cross marking is an internal verification strategy Teachers swap students scripts that have already been marked Remarks and discussions should be recorded on IV documentation

Activity For this activity, we are assuming that the complete assessment instrument is valid, reliable, practicable, equitable and fair

Cross Marking and Professional Judgement Have the evidence requirements been met?

Activity Extract from Unit Specification You will be provided with the following information: Extract from Unit Specification Extract from Assessment Support Pack 3 candidate responses to the question

Have the evidence requirements been met?

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