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Quality Assurance Framework

National External Moderation for Tertiary Education Organisations

TEOs must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can offer programmes of education and training assessed against unit standards. Once they are accredited, TEOs assessing against unit standards must carry out internal moderation and engage with the external moderation that applies.

The following information is for TEOs that are assessing learners using unit standards moderated by NZQA. Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) manage the moderation of industry unit standards. NZQA organises moderation of unit standards it is responsible for through the systems listed below.

CONTENTS

 
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Manual Purpose

Feedback on the TEO Manual
Frequently Asked Questions
Glossary
Changes to this year's manual

National Qualification Framework Updates

NZQA web update alert
Tertiary Assessment and Moderation (TAM)
Queries regarding moderation reports and unit standard interpretations
Moderation
Role of the TEO Moderation Liaison
Kāhui
National external moderation process flow

Section One: Assessment Plan

Assessment plan for NZQA‑managed standards
Industry Training Organisation (ITO)‑managed standards
Outsourcing
Online assessment plan
Benefits of using the online system
Changes to Assessment Plans
Frequently Asked Questions – Assessment plans

Section Two: Moderation Plan

Conflicts Of Interest
FAQs – Moderation Plan

Section Three: Submitting assessment materials for moderation

Assessment material
Integrated assessment materials
Commercial assessment materials
Incomplete assessment materials
Late submission of assessment materials
Preparing visual submissions for moderation for NQF standards
Tertiary moderation cover sheet
FAQs - Submitting assessment materials for moderation

Section Four: Moderation Report

Explanation of results
FAQs – Moderation Report
Assessment Materials Not Received (AMNR) report
FAQs – Assessment Materials Not Received

Section Five: National External Moderation Results

FAQs - National External Moderation Results

Section Six: Clarification of moderators comments and/decisions and appeals of moderation decisions

FAQs – Clarification/Appeals

Section Seven: Resubmissions

FAQs - Resubmission

Section Eight: National External Moderation Requirements

Non‑Compliance
FAQs - National External Moderation Requirements

Section Nine: Assessment Resources

Section Ten: Overview of reports and forms

Assessment Plan for 2010
Tertiary Moderation Cover Sheet
Tertiary Moderation Appeal Cover Sheet
Acheivement/Unit Standard Review Report
Contact Details Form
Glossary
Links
Feedback

Page updated: 22 May 2007