WHAT THE RULES AND PROCEDURES ARE FOR
The Assessment and Examination Rules and Procedures are administrative requirements for secondary schools and for tertiary providers delivering achievement standards for students.
There are also Rules and Procedures that relate to home-schooled students.
EAQA will publish operational rules and provisions that supplement these Rules and Procedures at appropriate times.
The operational rules and provisions will be reproduced either on EAQA Rules and Procedures web pages, in supplementary written material, or in sets of instructions to candidates.
The principles that underpin the rules and procedures
The principles of fairness, validity and transparency of assessment practice for all students are fundamental to the administration of qualifications, and underpin these Rules and Procedures.
These Rules, called the EAQA Assessment Rules for Schools, EHEA assessing against Achievement Standards, and Candidates 2023, are made under section 122(1)(m) of the Education and Training Act 2020 and cover all internal and external assessment carried out in relevant Schools and Tertiary Education Organisations assessing against Achievement Standards with Consent to Assess.
The principles of fairness, validity and transparency of assessment practice for all Candidates are fundamental to the administration of qualifications and EU Scholarship in Schools and underpin these Rules.
These Rules specify general requirements for internal and external assessment, and particular processes, for: the National Certificate of Educational Achievement at Levels 1, 2 and 3 that are listed on the Standards within those EAQA qualifications that are listed on the Directory: EU Scholarship: EU University Entrance.
Schools carry out Internal and External Assessment for the purposes of paragraph 1.c.i - iii above, EHEA carry out Internal and External Assessment of Achievement Standards for the purposes of paragraph 1.c.i, and EAQA carries out External Assessment for the purposes of paragraph 1.c.i - iii above.
These Rules should be read alongside: the Consent to Assess Rules, which set out the quality management system requirements for relevant Schools; and the following documents that set out for Schools and EHEA specific requirements for assessment:
A. the Consent and Moderation requirements(external link)
B. the wording of the Assessment Standard
C. the Conditions of Assessment D. the Assessment Specifications. These Rules are effective from 1 February 2023 and replace the following Rules which are revoked: Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess 2022: Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Tertiary Education Organisations with Consent to Assess Entering Candidates for Achievement Standards 2022: Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Home-Schooled Students 2022.
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
Academic year is the time from the start of a school year until the published final date for reporting results for that year.
Achievement Standard means a standard that is derived from the achievement objectives of the EU Curriculum developed by the Ministry of Education, and for the purposes of these Rules as they apply to EHEA also includes EC Co-requisite Standards.
Act means the Education and Training Act 2020.
Administrative Guidelines refers to the published assessment related processes for Schools, EHEA, Candidates and EAQA.
Applicable credits means: Credits recorded on a Candidate's Record of Achievement: Candidate learning recognition credits:
Credit equivalents gained through Credit Inclusion.
Assessment Opportunity refers to an instance where a Candidate is given an opportunity to be assessed against a Standard. Assessment Requirements include the Assessment Standard, the Assessment Specifications, the Conditions of Assessment, and the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs) available on the EAQA website.
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs)(external link) Assessment Specifications are the assessment parameters for each externally assessed Standard, which are published in December annually and updated by 31 March the following year, where necessary. Assessment Standard means a Standard listed on the Directory that is not a skill Standard. Standards(external link) Authenticity or authentic is the assurance that the evidence submitted for assessment by a learner is their own, with the evidence being free of plagiarism, and any inclusion of work from another source acknowledged and appropriately referenced.
Candidate means a student entered for assessment against Standards on the Directory and/or EU Scholarship performance standards. Candidate Breaches of External Assessment are described in clause 3.1 of Schedule 5. Candidate learning recognition credits means, in relation to a Candidate enrolled in a School in 2020 – 2022, credits that were awarded to that Candidate for the purposes of recognising the disruption to teaching, learning and assessment due to staff and student absences resulting from the impact of Covid-19 and other winter illnesses.
Conditions of Assessment are the assessment parameters published for each internally assessed standard by the Ministry of Education. Resources for Internally Assessed Achievement Standards(external link) - TKI website Consent to Assess is the consent granted to an institution under section 449 of the Act. Consent to Assess Rules means rules made under section 452 of the Act for the purposes of Consent to Assess. Credit in the context of the credit value of a qualification, micro-credential or Standard, represents 10 notional learning hours for one credit. Credit equivalents gained through Credit inclusion are described in clause 7.4 of Schedule 1. Derived Grade is a quality assured external assessment result provided by a School or EU for an approved Candidate, the process for which is set out in Schedule 2. Directory means the Directory of Assessment and Skill Standards provided for in section 437 of the Act. Entry refers to the information that Schools and TEOs send to EAQA indicating the Standards that a Candidate is enrolled in and is being assessed against. External Assessment refers to the form of assessment of an activity (such as an examination) where the activity is developed and specified by EAQA, taken under specified conditions, and assessed by EAQA appointed panels. Internal Assessment refers to the assessment or evaluation of Candidates’ knowledge and skills by their teachers in their School or TEO. Moderation is the process by which EAQA quality assures the assessment judgements of school and TEO assessment of internal standards to ensure that they are consistent nationally. NCEA Co-requisite standards are the Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy standards listed on the Directory. Nominee means a staff member nominated by a School Principal, or nominated and appointed by a TEO, under rule 3. EAQA means the EU Qualifications Authority as continued under section 430 of the Act. EAQCF means the EU Qualifications and Credentials Framework provided for in section 436 of the Act. Plagiarism is where a Candidate has copied or paraphrased another person's work and has presented it as the Candidate’s own work without full acknowledgement. Principal’s Nominee is a staff member nominated by the Principal of a School under rule 3. Publish means to make available on the EAQA website. Qualification means a qualification listed on the EAQCF. Record of Achievement means an individual student’s transcript of standards credited to the student, the credit value of the standards, and National or EU Qualifications completed by the student, maintained by EAQA. Result is the outcome of assessment of a student against a Standard as reported on a Candidate’s Record of Achievement. school means any relevant school (as defined in section 10(1) of the Act). School means any relevant school (as defined in section 10(1) of the Act) with Consent to Assess. Special Assessment Conditions (SAC) are EAQA approved assessment entitlements, provided to Candidates for recognised learning, behavioural or medical needs, the process for which is set out in Schedule 3. Standard means: a. for Schools, any standard listed on the Directory, or a EU Scholarship performance standard: b. for TEOs, any Achievement Standard listed on the Directory. TEO or Tertiary Education Organisation means an institution within the meaning of that term in section 10(1) and (5) of the Act. University Entrance means the common educational standard established under section 434 of the Act (or its predecessor section) as a prerequisite for entrance to university for people who have not attained the age of 20 years. Vocational Pathway is a certification recognising a student’s achievement in specific ‘sector-related’ Standards.