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CAA CAA

Common Assessment Activity.

He Ngohe Aromatawai.

Candidate Kaitano

A person sitting an external assessment.

He tauira e whakamātaungia ana ki ngā aromatawai ā-waho.

CBA CBA

Competency-Based Assessment.

Te Aromatawai i te Āheinga.

Certificate Tohu/Tiwhikete

A document that shows a learner has earned a qualification.

He tuhinga e tohu ana kua whakawhiwhia tētahi tohu ki te ākonga.

Certificate endorsement (NCEA) Whakamana Tiwhikete

Students who consistently earn results higher than Achieved in NCEA can earn endorsements that show high achievement. These are Merit or Excellence endorsements.

Certificate endorsements

Ko aua ākonga ka eke noa ake ki tua o taumata Paetae i te NCEA, e āhei ana te whakawhiwhi whakamana hei whakaatu i te haumāuiuitanga nei. Ko ngā whakamanatanga nei ko te Kaiaka, ko te Kairangi.

Ngā whakamanatanga tiwhikete

Classification Whakarōpūtanga

Each qualification has a six-digit classification number. This puts it in a category in the New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) system. The common classifications of NZSCED align with the International Standard Classification of Education (IESCED).

About the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF)

New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) (external link) - Education Counts website

He tau whakarōpūtanga mati-ono tō tēnā tohu, tō tēnā tohu. Ka tukuna ki tētahi rōpū i te pūnaha te Taura Here Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZSCED). Ka hāngai ngā whakarōpūtanga noa o te NZSCED ki Te Pūnaha Whakarōpū Mātauranga nō Rāwāhi (IESCED).

Ko te Mārama ki te Taura Here Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa (external link)

Te Pūnaha Whakarōpū Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZSCED) (external link) - te paetukutuku Education Counts

Co-requisite

The standards you can use to prove you've met the literacy and numeracy requirements for NCEA.

You can do co-requisite assessments in English or Te Reo Maori.

Literacy and Numeracy

Code of Pastoral Care Te Kawa Manaaki Ākonga

Outcomes that protect the wellbeing of international students and tertiary domestic students in New Zealand. Schools and providers who enrol these students must meet outcomes for student care and services.

NZQA is the Code Administrator.

Code of Pastoral Care

Ko ngā putanga e whakamarumaru ana i te oranga o ngā ākonga rāwaho, ākonga rāroto paetoru i Aotearoa. Ko ngā kura me ngā whareako ka whakauru iho i ēnei ākonga , me tutuki ngā putanga mō te manaaki ākonga me ngā ratonga ākonga.

Code of Pastoral Care

Comparable Whakataurite

Comparable qualifications are similar enough to be compared and recognised.

The qualifications can't be too different in their level, purpose and what training students get.

He ōrite noa ngā tohu whakataurite mō  tewhakaōrite, whakamana hoki.

Me kaua ngā tohu e tino rerekē i ō rātou kaupae, i ō rātou tikanga, me ngā whakangungutanga mā ngā ākonga.

Competence Āheinga

When a learner can apply particular knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, showing they meet the standard of performance needed in that context.

Ka whakaaturia ana e tētahi ākonga he mōhiotanga, he pūkenga, he waiaro, he ūara anō hoki, e whakaatu ana kua tutuki pai te taumata mō taua horopaki.

Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) Ngā Hiranga Whakamana, Whakaōrite (CMR)

The Consent and Moderation Requirements document covers certain sub-fields, domains or standards that are listed on the Directory of Assessment and Skill Standards (DASS).

The CMR states what providers need to do to get permission to assess the standards, who else to contact, and how the marking of assessments is checked.

Every standard on the DASS is linked to a CMR.

Consent and Moderation Requirements

Kei roto i te puka Ngā Hiranga Whakamana, Whakaōrite he mātai āpiti, he huinga pū, he paerewa hoki rānei kua whakarārangihia ki te Tātai Aromatawai, Paerewa Pūkenga (Directory of Assessment and Skill Standards – DASS).

Ka whakamāramahia ki ngā whareako e te CMR ngā whakaritenga ki te whai whakaaetanga kia aromatawaihia ngā paerewa, kia whakapā atu ki a wai mā, ā, me pēhea e whakakoia te māka aaomatawai.

Kua honoa ia paerewa i te DASS ki tētahi CMR.

Consent and Moderation Requirements

Consent to assess Mana aromatawai

Consent to assess lets education organisations teach and assess unit or achievement standards. After that, the organisations can award the relevant credits to learners.

NZQA gives consent to assess under Section 449 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (external link) — Legislation.govt.nz

Ko tā te mana aromatawai he whakaae i ngā whareako ki te whakaako, ki te aromatawai i ngā kōwae, i ngā paerewa paetae rānei. Whai muri iho, ka āhei i te whareako ki te tuku i ngā whiwhinga whai tikanga ki ngā ākonga.

I raro i te Wāhanga 449 o te Ture Mātauranga me te Whakangungu 2020 (hononga ā-waho) (external link) - Legislation.govt.nz

Consistent assessment Aromatawai Tūmau (Ōrite)

Consistent assessment means that different assessors, in similar assessment situations, will make the same judgement.

Ko te aromatawai tūmau, he ōrite te whakatau ahakoa te kaiaromatawai, ki ngā pūāhua ōrite.

Course endorsement (NCEA) Whakamanatanga ā-Hōtaka

Secondary students can get course endorsement for NCEA. They need 14 credits or more at either Merit or Excellence in the same school course to get a Merit or Excellence for that course.

At least three of the credits must come from externally assessed standards, and at least three credits from internally assessed standards. The only exceptions are for Physical Education, Religious Studies and Level 3 Visual Arts.

Course endorsement

E āhei ana i te ākonga te whai whakamanatanga mō NCEA. Me whai 14 ngā whiwhinga, neke atu, me te Kaiaka, Kairangi rānei, mō taua hōtaka.

Me whai e toru whiwhinga mai i ngā paerewa ka aromatawaihia rāwahotia, ā, e toru hoki ngā whiwhinga ka aromatawaihia rārotohia, hāunga nahe ko te Akoranga Koiri, te Akoranga Whakapono, ko te Toi Ataata Kaupae 3 anō hoki.

Credit Whiwhinga

One credit represents ten hours of learning (notional learning hours).

Each assessment standard, micro-credential and qualification has a credit value. Once someone has completed it, they can be awarded those credits.

Kia kotahi te whiwhinga he ōrite ki ngā hāora ako tekau (notional learning hours).

Ko ia paerewa aromatawai, ko ia pūkenga whāiti, ia tohu hoki, he whiwhinga ōna. Ka oti ana i tētahi, ka āhei te whakawhiwhi i aua whiwhinga.