Assessment and Examination Rules and Procedures for Secondary Schools - 2010
4. General Assessment Rules and Procedures
This section sets out the general conditions that apply to assessment and examination systems administered by schools and NZQA.
The processes used to assess candidates for the qualifications will be administered in accordance with the registered achievement standards and their assessment specifications, or unit standards approved and published by NZQA, or with the performance standards for Scholarship 2010.
Where NZQA makes further rules or provisions relating to the conduct of internal and external assessments for any of the qualifications, and for the conduct of candidates in such assessments it will reproduce them in these web pages containing the Rules and Procedures, in supplementary written material, or in instructions to candidates published by http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/exclusions.html.
4. General Assessment Rules and Procedures
4.1 Timing of Assessments
4.2 Fees
4.2.1 Financial assistance
4.3 Candidate Eligibility
4.4 Assessment Opportunities for internal assessment
4.4.1 Further Assessment Opportunities
4.4.2 Resubmission
4.4.3 Collection of evidence
4.4.4 Recognition of competency
4.5.1 Breaches of the Rules - External Assessment
4.5.2 Review of a Breach of the Rules decision
4.6 Breaches of the Rules - Internal Assessment
4.7 Reporting
4.8 Use of Technology and Equipment for Assessment Purposes
4.9 Assessment Specifications
4.10 Translation of External Assessments and Moderation Materials
Last updated: 27 January 2010