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Managing National Assessment (MNA) Whakawākanga Aromatawai ā-Motu
A term that covers processes schools use to make sure their internal assessment is valid, fair, accurate and consistent.
Schools work with NZQA, while NZQA checks that a school's processes and systems produce effective decisions during internal assessment. NZQA then reports on the process and systems.
He tukanga hei whakaū i te tika, i te pono me te taurite o ngā aromatawai ā-roto kei ngā kura. He hononga i waenga nui i te kura me NZQA. He arohaehae i whaihua o ngā tukanga me ngā pūnaha aromatawai ā-roto.
Marker Kaimāka
NZQA appoints and trains markers to make sure assessment judgements are valid, fair and consistent. NZQA allocates them answer booklets to mark.
Ko tētahi tangata kua whakatūngia, kua whakangungua e te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa ka noho haepapa ki te whakapūmau i te pono, i te tika me te ōritetanga o ngā whakawākanga aromatawai. Ko ngā kaimāka ka āwhina i te whakahaerenga o te hātepe aromatawai ā-waho. Ka tohaina ki a rātau he puka whakahoki, ā, ka noho haepapa rātau mō aua puka whakahoki.
Mātauranga Māori evaluative quality assurance Te Whakaū Kounga me te Aromātai o te Mātauranga Māori
Mātauranga Māori Evaluative Quality Assurance (MM EQA) is a partnership between mātauranga Māori and the evaluative quality assurance approach.
There is an important need for a quality assurance approach, which provides a constructive way of coming to a “shared” understanding about an organisation's performance and capability in delivering high quality education from a mātauranga Māori perspective.
Ko te Whakaū Kounga me te Aromātai o te Mātauranga Māori tētahi hononga o te whakaū kounga me te aromātai ki Mātauranga Māori.
He hiranga tā te mahi whakaū kounga hei whai pānga, hei whaimōhio i ngā mahi i tutuki me te kaha o te rōpū amorangi mātauranga ki te whakapuaki mātauranga kounga ki tā te tirohanga Māori.
Micro-credential
Micro-credentials are small, stand-alone awards with set learning outcomes. They can be part of a programme that leads to a qualification.
They replaced training schemes in 2023.
Moderation (Te) whakaōritetanga
National external moderation checks that education organisations are marking assessments at the national standard.
Ko tētahi tukanga e whakapūmau ana he tika, he pono ngā ngohe aromatawai o tētahi whakahaere, he rite hoki ki te paerewa e hiahiatia ana puta noa i tētahi huinga kaiaromatawai, whakahaere aromatawai rānei.
Moderation panel Kāhui whakaōrite
A panel of experts who can confirm if the assessment results reflect the standard that was assessed.
Ko tētahi kāhui o ngā mātanga kua mōhiotia hei whakaū kua eke ngā tukunga iho o te aromatawai ki te paerewa kua whakaaturia.
Moderator Kaiwhakaōrite
An expert who acts independently to confirm if the assessment results reflect the standards that were assessed.
Ko tētahi tangata motuhake kua mōhiotia tōna pūkengatanga hei whakaū kua eke ngā tukunga iho o te aromatawai ki ngā paerewa.
MoE Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education (external link) — education.govt.nz
Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga.
Ministry of Education (external link) — education.govt.nz
Monitor Kaitirotiro
A person who independently monitors degrees and related qualifications.
They tell NZQA if the degree programme is being delivered as its approval and accreditation requires, and if the programme meets stakeholders' needs.
Ko tētahi tangata motuhake ka āwhina i te kaituku kua whakamanatia ki te tuku tohu paetahi, hei arotake i te painga o tētahi hōtaka tohu paetae me te tika hoki o te pūnaha whakahaere i te kounga o te kaituku.
MQS MQS
Māori Qualifications Services, an NZQA business unit.
Te Ratonga Tohu Mātauranga Māori, he kōwae nā NZQA.