1. Topic3: Contribute to Validation Outcomes TAEASS403A Participate in assessment validation © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook pages 21 to 22

2. At the end of this session, you should understand how to: contribute to assessment validation outcomes. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd

3. Analyse information Information from the assessment validation process should be collected together, analysed and discussed. Ask: ‘How can assessment be improved?’ Then: ‘How can I contribute towards improvement?’ © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 21

4. Ways to improve partnership arrangements improvement to evidence collection processes revised information for assessors, candidates or third parties identification of exemplars liaison with industry experts. Recommendations may include, for example: professional development for assessors changes to assessment system policies and procedures management of records changes to assessment tools or resources © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd

5. Document recommendations Recommendations for improvement should be documented, for example, in an action plan identifying who and when changes should be made. Revisit the recommendations to check they have been adopted (part of continuous improvement). Validation records should be kept in line with the RTO’s record-keeping policy. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 22

6. The next step You should now: participate in assessment validation contribute to assessment outcomes complete Assessment Task 1 © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd