Standard P4 — Assessment of ELICOS studeStandard P4 — Assessment of ELICOS students

Standard P4 – Assessment of ELICOS students

Policies and procedures for the assessment of students provide them with optimal opportunities for achieving successful outcomes from their courses.

P4.1 Providers must clearly outline assessment policies and procedures, which must provide for:

formative and summative assessment
clear identification of assessment outcomes as they relate to progress through the course
assessment that is valid, reliable, fair, flexible and clearly referenced to criteria, and

    includes appropriate oversight or moderation of assessment outcomes
    in the case of ELICOS courses which are provided under a direct entry arrangement to a tertiary education course, formal measures must be in place to ensure that assessment outcomes are comparable to other criteria used for admission to the tertiary education course of study, or for admission to other similar courses of study.
clear and regular reporting on assessment outcomes and progress through the course to the student and their parent or guardian, where the student is under the age of 18.

P4.2 The registered ELICOS provider must, upon completion (or partial completion) of study, issue each student with a document that:

indicates the CRICOS course name, registered ELICOS provider and contact details, dates of study, course duration, levels of achievement or proficiency, authorised signature and name of signatory
includes, or is accompanied by, a plain English explanation of the terms used in awarding grades at all levels.

P4.3 Providers must undertake processes for continual improvement of student assessment by:

making adjustments based on collection and analysis of feedback from students and other stakeholders as appropriate
monitoring appropriateness of assessment for student groups
regularly evaluating course outcomes achieved.