ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

This research sets out Assessment and quality assurance SQA: quality assurance principles, elements and criteria. How SQA monitors the way a center carries out its responsibilities depends on the type of center and the type of qualification being offered. The most important objective of SQA's assessment and quality assurance principles and procedures is to ensure that assessment of SQA Developing its policy on assessment and quality assurance was one of the first tasks undertaken by all the engineers. They inherited policies and procedures from its predecessor bodies, and these had to be integrated. It also had to take account of decisions already made in relation to the new Higher Still provision. Assessment and quality assurance SQA works in partnership with centers to ensure that all of its qualifications are subject to rigorous quality assurance and has now drawn up a number of quality assurance principles to maximize the effectiveness of its partnership. Specific elements of quality assurance are based on these principles, and each element consists of a number of criteria. The elements and criteria are designed to ensure that all SQA qualifications are assessed to national standards. By reading this publication, staff in centers should develop an understanding of the criteria and of the ways we can work together to ensure that all SQA qualifications continue to meet the requirements of the engineers.