A restriction preventing the release of assessment results before an official publication date, ensuring all learners receive results simultaneously.
The Regulated Qualifications Framework — the system that classifies qualifications by level and size in England and Northern Ireland.
A structured scoring guide that defines criteria and performance levels for assessing learner work.
Assessment that presents learners with a realistic situation and requires them to respond as they would in practice.
A learner's complete response to an assessment — typically a handwritten or digital answer booklet.
A person with specialist knowledge who contributes to assessment development and review.
A post-assessment adjustment for learners who experienced temporary illness, injury, or other disadvantage during assessment.
The process of determining cut scores or grade boundaries that define performance levels such as Pass, Merit, or Distinction.
The process of ensuring all assessors apply assessment criteria consistently.
The part of an MCQ that presents the problem or question before the options — the bit the learner reads first.
Supplementary content provided to learners during assessment — such as case studies, data tables, images, or source texts.
Assessment conducted at the end of learning to certify achievement.
Instruction focused narrowly on preparing learners for specific assessment items rather than developing broader competence.
An experienced examiner who supervises a team of examiners, monitors marking quality, and provides feedback.
The acceptable difference between two markers' scores before adjudication is required in double marking.
The total estimated time a typical learner takes to complete a qualification, including guided learning and independent study.
Using multiple sources of evidence, methods, or assessors to make more confident assessment judgments.
The effect of assessment on teaching and learning — how assessment influences what and how teachers teach and learners learn.
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