Myth 5: Further assessment opportunities

Myths

NZQA requires schools to offer a further assessment opportunity for all internal standards.

If you offer a further assessment opportunity for a standard, you must offer it for all standards.

Students cannot be awarded anything higher than Achieved for a further assessment opportunity.

You can offer more than one further assessment opportunity for the assessment of a standard.

A further assessment opportunity can only be offered when the student has received a Not Achieved.
If a further assessment opportunity is offered to one student, all students must undertake the assessment.
Students who didn’t complete or pass the initial assessment can't participate in a further assessment opportunity.

Schools can decide if a further assessment opportunity is offered for any standard. It must be a manageable and practical decision for the school, and it can be on a standard by standard basis.
Only one further assessment opportunity for each internal standard can be offered in a year.
A different activity or task from the initial assessment must be offered in a further assessment opportunity.
If a further assessment opportunity is offered, it must be offered to all students, regardless of the grades they achieved in the initial assessment. However, students don’t have to take up a further assessment opportunity.
Whether a further assessment opportunity is available for a standard should be published at the start of the year in the course assessment outline.
The further assessment opportunity can only be offered after further learning has taken place.
A student must have access to all grades (Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit or Excellence) whether it is their first or subsequent attempt at the standard.
Schools report the highest grade from either assessment opportunity.
A resubmission can be offered to eligible students in the initial assessment or the further assessment opportunity.

When determining whether to offer a further assessment opportunity, teachers should consider: