Quality Street

What does IQA stand for?

• Intermittent Quality Assurance

• Internal Quality Assurance

• Internal Quality Assessment

• Interim Quickie Assessment

True or False?

Learner achievement records, assessment and IQA must be

securely stored and kept for the required amount of time in accordance with Awarding Body requirements.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Provide a definition of 'Assessment'

Answer explanation

Assessment is the measurement or evaluation of students’ skills, knowledge and understanding, as well as attitudes and values

What is required when a course is delivered and assessed by more than one person to assure consistency of understanding, interpretation of standards and assessment practice?

Assessment should follow the VACSR principles. What does VACSR stand for?

• Valid, Authentic, Creative, Sufficient, Realistic

• Valid, Assess, Creative, Standard, Realistic

• Vague, Aquatic, Curious, Stubborn, Ready

• Valid, Authentic, Current, Sufficient, Reliable

True or False?

Each course needs to have a named Lead Internal Quality Assurer (LIQA)

• TRUE

• FALSE

What does EQA stand for?

True or False?

It is not the responsibility of the Lead Internal Quality Assurer to coordinate EQA visits.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

It is the role of the LIQA to coordinate EQA visits - any member of staff can be a LIQA as long as they have or are working towards an assessors qualification.

Whose responsibility is it to be involved in the delivery, assessment and/or internal verification of a programme/course

• Teacher

• Assessor

• Curriculum Team Leader

• Curriculum Manager

All IQA records are stored on a folder that the Quality Assurance team have access to. This folder has a name....draw the initials of that folder!

Answer explanation

Curriculum Quality Folder: CQF