Quality Assurance (including External Evaluation and Review (EER)) Rules 2022

2. Commencement

1. These Rules commence on the 28th day after the date of approval by the Minister under section 452(5) of the Act.

4. Interpretation

1. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:

Act means the Education and Training Act 2020

assessment materials means the assessment tasks, instructions and guidance given to students, the assessed student evidence, and the resources used by the assessor to make judgements about students’ performance

Category 1 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(a)

Category 2 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(b)

Category 3 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(c)

Category 4 institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(d)

Category withdrawn institution is an institution of the kind described in rule 11.1(e)

EER means external evaluation and review as described in rules 5.1 to 5.4

institution includes Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, wānanga, government training establishments, and registered establishments

micro-credential has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Act

NZQA means the New Zealand Qualifications Authority

NZQCF means the Qualifications and Credentials Framework described in section 436 of the Act

PTE means a registered establishment

registered establishment has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Act

statement of confidence means one of the following levels of confidence in educational performance and in organisational capability in self-assessment (with its Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance for EER equivalent in parenthesis):

1. Highly Confident (He pounamu kahurangi):
2. Confident (He pounamu whakairo):
3. Not Yet Confident (He pounamu hukihuki):
4. Not Confident (He pounamu)

statutory permission includes Code signatory status, programme approval, micro-credential approval, accreditation to provide an approved programme or micro-credential, and consent to assess against standards

student includes learners and trainees

Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance means applying Te Hono o Te Kahurangi whare ako framework and quality assurance tools for the purposes of EER, as that framework and those tools are published from time to time by NZQA on its website

Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology means the institute continued by section 314 of the Act, and includes any of its subsidiaries that provide education or training or both.

2. For the purposes of using Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance for EER under rule 6.1, unless the context otherwise requires references in these Rules to:

1. "educational performance" are to be treated as references to "organisational performance":
2. "self-assessment" are to be treated as references to "self-reflective practice":
3. "Highly Confident" are to be treated as references to "He pounamu kahurangi":
4. "Confident" are to be treated as references to "He pounamu whakairo":
5. "Not Yet Confident" are to be treated as references to "He pounamu hukihuki":
6. "Not Confident" are to be treated as references to "He pounamu".