1. UNPACKING THE VALIDATION PROCESS
Nadia Casarotto / Cheryl Bartolo
10 June 2015

2. OVERVIEW OF CGEA PD SERIES
THEME: ASSESSMENT VALIDATION
Session 1: An overview of the validation process (10 June)
Session 2: Benchmarking assessment criteria (29 September)
Session 3: Making the assessment judgement (19 November)

3. To improve assessment processes and outcomes for the learner
WHY DO IT?
To improve assessment processes and outcomes for the learner
To meet regulatory requirements:
Standards for Registered Training Organisations (SRTOs)
Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF)

4. WHAT IS VALIDATION ABOUT?
Validation is a quality review process
REVIEW OF WHAT?
Assessment policies and procedures
Assessment tools:
do the assessments produce the required evidence for the unit/s?
do the assessments enable reasonable and consistent judgements?

5. THE BIG PICTURE

6. WHAT SHOULD BE VALIDATED?
Assessment tools
- unit of competency/cluster of units/partial unit
- assessment tasks
- assessment criteria
- assessment outcomes (judgements)

7. HOW? Assessment Validation Procedure
Develop assessment validation plan
Plan and prepare for validation meeting
Participate in validation meeting and document improvements
Make improvements to tools as per validation outcomes and record these have been actioned

8. HOW? At the organisational level
Develop and implement an assessment validation procedure
Develop and implement a validation plan:
when assessment validation will occur
which training products will be the focus of the validation
who will lead and participate in validation activities
how the outcomes of these activities will be documented and acted upon (continuous improvement log)

9. HOW? At the organisational level
Develop validation tool to record validation outcomes
Identify number of assessments to be validated
Develop and implement procedure to make and record improvements arising from validation sessions
who is responsible
time frames
how actions will be recorded

10. HOW? (Validators)
Confirm the units to be validated according to your organisation’s validation plan
Ensure all assessment tools and selected student assessment outcomes related to the unit/s are available
Note taker completes validation report for each task validated
Record suggested improvements/actions to be made according to your organisation’s procedures
Sign validation report ?

11. WHEN?
Before conducting the assessment
After conducting the assessment (Moderation)
At least once every five years (SRTOs)
As per organisational validation plan (SRTOs)
Systematic (AQTF)

12. WHERE? Teacher Network meetings such as the CGEA Champions
Communities of Practice
Staff meetings
Professional Development sessions

13. THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY
Industry does not need to be directly involved in the validation process (SRTOs and AQTF)
Industry must be involved in the development of the Training and Assessment Strategy (SRTOs and AQTF)
Who is the industry for the CGEA?
teacher networks
pathway destination staff
professional associations e.g. VALBEC, ACAL
community organisations
school communities e.g. family literacy

14. THE ROLE OF TRAINERS & ASSESSORS
One or more persons who are not directly involved in the particular instance of delivery and assessment of the training product being validated (SRTOs)
persons who have:
vocational competencies and current industry skills relevant to the assessment being validated (see CGEA curriculum)
current knowledge and skills in vocational teaching and learning
the training and assessment qualification or assessor skill set referred to in the SRTOs and the AQTF

15. WORKSHOP In groups consider:
How does your organisation currently approach assessment validation?
Who is your industry and how could you involve them in the development of your Training and Assessment Strategy
What can you do at the practitioner level to improve validation outcomes?
What issues you have encountered in validation sessions for the CGEA? How can these issues be addressed?

16. RESOURCES ASQA validation fact sheet
Standards for registered Training Organisation’s 2015
Australian Qualifications Training Framework(AQTF)

17. CMM CONTACT DETAILS
Nadia Casarotto:
Cheryl Bartolo: