Applied (Essential) subjects are quality assured through a review of student responses to the school’s endorsed IA1 assessment instrument and the QCAA-developed common internal assessment (CIA) instrument. The review provides advice to schools about the accuracy of teacher judgments matched to the instrument-specific standards for the IA1 and the marking guide for the CIA.
All schools must participate in the Applied syllabus quality assurance process in the year that the student cohort exits Essential English and/or Essential Mathematics, i.e. in the year the school implements Units 3 and 4.
Development
School develops and submits IA1, IA3, and IA4 for endorsement
Implementation
School implements internal assessment instruments and marks responses by matching qualities to A–E descriptors on instrument-specific standards
Submission via Applied QA application
School submits materials for Applied quality assurance meetings:
- three student responses each for IA1 and the CIA
- annotated instrument-specific standards for each response to show how judgments were made
Quality assurance meetings
Nominated subject teachers participate in quality assurance meetings, facilitated by QCAA staff, to review:
- reliability of teacher judgments
- application of QCAA assessment policies and processes
QCAA advice
QCAA provides advice about submissions. School uses advice:
- for continuous improvement as part of the quality management system
- to inform judgments for all students at exit
Intervention, if required
QCAA identifies schools that need additional support to implement advice provided
- Last updated:
- 10 December 2024
