The Assessment Research Centre - Competency Assessment

Program

The Competency Assessment program comprises a suite of research projects that investigate the practices and processes of both industry based and VET based assessments.

The aim of the program is to inform and improve policy and practice in the assessment of competencies and performances.

Projects involve the examination of performance based assessment practices that occur within criterion-referenced frameworks. They use either standards, profiles, benchmarks or outcome statements and require judgement as well as analysis of evidence.

Completed Projects

Primary Teacher Development Project: The Trialling of Competency Standards and Assessment Procedures for Primary Educators in Vietnam

Review of the Australian Qualifications Framework Guidelines for Certificates I-IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Qualifications

Review of the Western Australian Graded Assessment Approach in Vocational Education and Training

The Development and Trialling of Differentiated Assessment Tasks within VET in School Studies

The Development and Validation of Leadership Profiles for the Victorian Education System

The Development of the Credit Matrix

The Examination of Rater Consistent when using the Credit Matrix Model in Victoria and Tasmania

Current Policy and Practice in Higher Education Institutions on Assessment in VET

NSW TAFE Grading

An Integrated Approach to Assessment of Higher Order Competencies

The Validation and Interpretation of the Scoring Criteria within the WA Graded Performance Model

Assessing Competencies at the Diploma and Advanced Diploma Levels

Quality of VET in Schools Programs

Performance Assessment and Reporting Instructional System ( PaRiS)

Factors Influencing Completion Rates of New Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Assessment and Reporting of VET Courses in Senior Secondary Certificates

Standardised Output Measures for Vocational Education and Training - A Pairwise Comparison Approach