mechanisms to ensure that excellence in the level of attainment can be acknowledged and recorded. CR4.1c Describe clearly how Pilots for proposed new assessments can be conducted without consultation or assessments which contribute to prospective approval when carried out alongside existing assessments and not decisions about a learner’s contributing to outcomes. progress (summative If you are introducing a new assessment we recommend that you carry out a assessments) have been subject to appropriate validation/piloting. pilot to make sure that it is viable for your specialty. Please give: details of pilot structure and outcomes (include metrics where appropriate) for proposed new assessments details of pilot participants (prospective or past candidates). Please also describe whether the pilot was aiming to provide insight into the proposed assessment’s validity, reliability or feasibility and consider the implications of the choice of pilot candidate group on the organisation and results of the pilot. CR4.1 Describe clearly how When changing an assessment or curriculum content, you will need to provide assessments which contribute to a blueprint grid reflecting the organisation of the relevant syllabus (informed decisions about a learner’s by the organisation of the curriculum). You should also demonstrate how the progress (summative of labour’ between different question formats used within a single ‘division assessments) have been: assessment covers the syllabus. d) blueprinted to the learning Your blueprinting should be multi-dimensional showing how different themes in outcomes described in the each curriculum module can be covered within a given assessment (single curriculum, so that it is clear how
mechanisms to ensure that excellence in the level of attainment can be acknowledged and recorded. CR4.1c Describe clearly how assessments which contribute to decisions about a learner’s progress (summative assessments) have been subject to appropriate validation/piloting. Pilots for proposed new assessments can be conducted without consultation or prospective approval when carried out alongside existing assessments and not contributing to outcomes. If you are introducing a new assessment we recommend that you carry out a pilot to make sure that it is viable for your specialty. Please give: details of pilot structure and outcomes (include metrics where appropriate) for proposed new assessments details of pilot participants (prospective or past candidates). Please also describe whether the pilot was aiming to provide insight into the proposed assessment’s validity, reliability or feasibility and consider the implications of the choice of pilot candidate group on the organisation and results of the pilot. CR4.1 Describe clearly how assessments which contribute to decisions about a learner’s progress (summative assessments) have been: d) blueprinted to the learning outcomes described in the curriculum, so that it is clear how When changing an assessment or curriculum content, you will need to provide a blueprint grid reflecting the organisation of the relevant syllabus (informed by the organisation of the curriculum). You should also demonstrate how the ‘division of labour’ between different question formats used within a single assessment covers the syllabus. Your blueprinting should be multi-dimensional showing how different themes in each curriculum module can be covered within a given assessment (single