Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine the focus of the assessment tool
- Identify a target group of candidates, purposes of the assessment tool, and the contexts in which the tool will be used
- Access relevant benchmarks for assessment and interpret them to establish evidence required to demonstrate competence
- Identify, access and interpret industry requirements and relevant contextualisation guidelines
- Identify other related documentation to inform assessment tool development
- Design the assessment tool
- Select assessment methods that support the collection of defined evidence, taking into account the context in which the assessment will take place, and meeting the principles of assessment
- Enable candidates to show or support their claim for recognition of current competency through selected assessment methods
- Consider different assessment instruments for the selected assessment methods to generate options for collection of evidence
- Consider how the assessment instruments will be administered
- Develop the assessment tool
- Develop specific assessment instruments that support the collection of evidence that meets the rules of evidence
- Define and document clear and specific procedures instructing assessor and candidate on the administration and use of assessment instruments
- Consider the requirements of assessment system policies and procedures, and address storage and retrieval needs, and review, evaluation and version control procedures as part of this process
- Review and trial the assessment tool
- Check draft assessment tools against evaluation criteria and amend as required
- Trial assessment tools to validate content and applicability
- Collect and document feedback from relevant people involved in trialling
- Make amendments to the final tool based on the analysis of feedback
- Appropriately format, and file, finalised assessment tool according to assessment system policies and procedures