1. Internal Verification
Janet Strain

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. Professional Judgement
Understanding standards
Command words commonly found in assessment instruments

12. 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

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

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

15. 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

16. Have the evidence requirements been met?

17. Workshops available for your Centre via SIM support

18. Any questions?