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ASF ASF

Australia Standards Framework.

Te Anga Paerewa o Ahitereiria.

Assessment Aromatawai

Collecting and evaluating evidence to establish the level of an individual's performance (See also fair assessment).

Ko te kohikohi me te aromātai i te taunaki mōhio hei whakatau i te kaha o te tangata (Tirohia hoki te aromatawai tika).

Assessment Criteria (Te) paearu o te aromatawai

Statements against which the standard of performance of an element outcome is assessed.

He tauākī hei aromatawai i te taumata o te mahi o tētahi tīpako/hua.

Assessment Division Te Wāhanga Aromatawai

Assessment Division, a NZQA business unit.

Assessment Division (external link)

He wāhanga umanga te Wāhanga Aromatawai mō te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

Assessment Division (external link)

Assessment method Huarahi aromatawai

Particular strategy used to gather evidence of achievement.

He rautaki ka whakamahia hei kohikohi taunaki mōhio.

Assessment of current competencies Aromatawai i te āheinga o nāianei

See recognition of prior learning.

Tirohia te whakaaetanga o ngā akoranga o mua.

Assessment of prior learning (APL) Aromatawai i ngā akoranga o mua

See recognition of prior learning.

Tirohia te whakaaetanga o ngā akoranga o mua.

Assessment standard Paetae Aromatawai

Unit standards and achievements standards listed on the Directory of Assessment Standards.

Ko ngā huinga paerewa me ngā paerewa paetae ki tētahi rārangi e kī ana ko te Rārangi Paetae Aromatawai.

Assessor Kaiaromatawai

A person who evaluates the assessment evidence presented by learners.

He tangata ka aromātai i te taunaki aromatawai ka tāpaetia e ngā ākonga.

Authenticity (of evidence) Hāponotanga (o te taunaki mōhio)

Relates to assessment where the assessor must be confident that the work being assessed is attributable to the person being assessed. Outside assistance must not distort the assessment.

E hāngai ana ki te aromatawai ka ngākau titikaha te kaiaromatawai ko ngā mahi e tirohia ana he mahi nā te kaitono e aromatawaitia ana - kia kaua e uru mai he āwhinatanga mai i waho.

AVC AVC

Australian Vocational Certificate.

Te Pōkaitahi ā-Mahi o Ahitereiria.

AVCC AVCC

Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee has now changed its name to Universities Australia.

Universities Australia (external link) — universitiesaustralia.edu.au

Te Komiti Whare Wānanga o ngā Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Ahitereiria.

Universities Australia (external link) — universitiesaustralia.edu.au

Award Tohu

Award means:

  • a certificate, diploma, degree, or other qualification that is listed on the Qualifications Framework
  • or a certificate or other document granted in recognition of a student's achievement and completion of a training scheme
  • or a certificate granted in recognition of a student's achievement in scholarship examinations at secondary education.

Ko te tohu:

  • tētahi tiwhikete, tohu pōkairua, tētahi atu tohu mātauranga rānei ka whakarārangitia ki te Taura Here Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa
  • tētahi tiwhikete, tohu rānei ka whakamanatia hei āhukahuka i ngā whiwhinga ā te ākonga, hei āhukahuka rānei i tētahi kaupapa whakangungu i whakatutukitia e te ākonga
  • tētahi tiwhikete ka whakamanatia hei āhukahuka i ngā whiwhinga aromatawai karahipi ā te ākonga i te kura tuarua.