National External Moderation for Tertiary Education Organisations

Assessment plan

• TAM sends a circular to TEOs in November/December asking for an Assessment Plan for NZQA-managed unit standards your organisation is reporting credits for.
• TEOs list the NZQA-managed standards they expect to assess that year and when they expect to assess them.
• TEO sends plan to TAM in January, or completes online by February.

Moderation plan

• TAM selects the unit standards for moderation and the submission date based on the TEO's moderation history.
• TAM sends the moderation plan to the TEO in April/May accompanied by the TEO manual.
• The moderation plan indicates the submission date, the standards that will be moderated and the moderators' addresses.
• TEO sends assessment materials and assessed learner work to the moderator at the address on the moderation plan, by the submission date.
• TEO contacts TAM before the submission date if the TEO requires changes to the moderation plan submission date or is unable to supply assessment materials and assessed learner work or there is a change in the standards being assessed.

Assessment material not submitted

• Moderator sends an Assessment Materials Not Received (AMNR) report to the TEO three weeks after the submission date if assessment materials and assessed learner samples are not received.

Moderation report

• Moderator sends the moderation report/s to the TEO and TAM.
• Moderation report records outcomes of moderation – see also clarification/appeals.

National External Moderation Results Report (NEMR)

• TAM sends a summary of moderation results for the year across all moderation systems to the TEO when all moderation is complete.
• An accompanying letter details any further actions required by the TEO. –

Further Action

• TEO may contact TAM regarding concerns related to comments in a modification report
• TEO may contact TAM to discuss appeal when there are serious concerns regarding comments included in a moderation report
• (see sections 6, 7 and 8 regarding clarification/appeals, resubmissions and consequences of on-going non-compliance.)