Assessment and Examination Rules and Procedures for Secondary Schools - 2010
5.2.2.3 Non-compliance
- A school will be regarded as failing to comply when:
- it has failed to establish rigorous internal moderation processes
- it has failed to monitor moderation processes and act on issues that arise from internal or external moderation
- it has failed to submit materials for external moderation by the submission date
- it has failed to include required material for external moderation
- invalid or incomplete assessment materials are repeatedly submitted for external moderation
- it has not actioned any of the requirements set out in a Managing National Assessment report within a reasonable timeframe
- it has refused to submit to or not adequately facilitated a Managing National Assessment systems check within a reasonable period of time
- it has failed to maintain the requirements of the QASS.
- it has failed to establish rigorous internal moderation processes
- When a school is considered to be non-compliant, follow-up action will normally rest with the School Relationship Manager in the first instance.
- Where non-compliance continues,
NZQA has the following options available:
- further MNA systems checks
- imposition of conditions on accreditation to assess against standards on the NQF
- withdrawal of accreditation to assess against standards in specified domains on the NQF
- withdrawal of accreditation to assess against standards on the NQF.
- refusal to accept internal assessment results for candidates as reported by the school.
- further MNA systems checks
5. School-based Assessment Rules and Procedures
5.1 Accreditation Requirements
5.1.1 Base Scope Accreditation for Schools (BSAS)
5.2 Moderation Requirements
5.2.1 Industry Training Organisation Managed Systems
5.2.2 NZQA Managed Systems
5.2.2.1 School Assessment Systems Check and MNA Report
5.2.2.2 External Moderation
5.2.2.3 Non-compliance
Last updated: 27 January 2010