Assessment Centre

Assessment plays a significant role in the learning experience of students. It determines their progression through their programmes and enables them to demonstrate that they have achieved the intended learning outcomes. It is assessment that provides the main basis for public recognition of achievement, through the awarding of qualifications and/or credit.

In the learning environment it is important to ensure that assessment arrangements can be adapted for a wide audience. People entering assessment all have individual needs. Someone these needs can be affected by physical or mental disability or other aspects of their personal make up. These factors can affect a person’s ability and capacity to interact with assessments so care should be taken to ensure that these factors are taken into account when they are assessed. Assessments should not just be made available in one form. This will limit many candidates’ abilities to achieve success at their assessment. I will now review different factors

In my point of view assessment is a testing tool by which a teacher or assessor can use to detect the outcomes of teaching, learning or assessment process with the learners by

This process involves a number of selection processes. These are; a performance exam, a panel

It gives the opportunity to provide structured feedback and reflection and recognise ay achievements as well as identify any performance issues.

The assessor can elicit further information and check that the candidate has understood the assessment fully, particularly if they have not given full answers

Haydn (2009 cited in Capel et al 2009 page 329) defines assessment as "all those activities which are undertaken by teachers, and others, to measure the effectiveness of teaching and learning".

The key concepts of internal quality assurance of assessment can be described as the way a centre

Self-assessment will be given to the employees and employers to which they can grade themselves and assess how they have been doing in the organization throughout the year and how they can better themselves in the future while working at the organization.

With all of the activities carried our by the learner (with or without the assessor) the assessor needs to make decisions on the learner's competence in relation to the requirements of the qualification. The assessor should make their judgements of success or not and provide constructive feedback to the learner in a way that best suits the individual. If any further action is necessary for the completion of the qualification criteria (i.e. more training, description of knowledge or other evidence of ability) then a further plan should be agreed to achieve this. All such information discussed and agreed should be recorded appropriately at each stage.

It helps the company ensure that each and every employee’s objectives are still on track with your company’s goals. These evaluations can also improve employee engagement, most employees would like to know how well they are doing at their jobs. Overall, these evaluations are helpful to both you and the company in improving where both you and the company are lacking. Though, it may be tedious, please understand that these performance evaluations are necessary for all employees.

Also the assessor is to assess the learner’s knowledge and skills in a range of

The function of assessment in learning and development is to provide a measurable way of planning and supporting students’ progress. Assessment is carried out by means of checks and tests carried out throughout the course. Assessors should provide feedback throughout ensuring that learning is occurring and the learner is at the correct level. It is also important that assessor’s decisions are also consistently reviewed and internally and externally verified.

Assessment of the content validity of various proposed selection techniques by determining how well they match the general requirements of the job

Assessment is carried out to ensure that learning has taken place. It measures the learner’s knowledge and skills in their learning area. Assessment encourages learners to ask questions on anything they have not fully understood, as learners know that they will have to prove their knowledge and understanding to the standards of the awarding body.