Assessment and results

QCAA assessors

The QCAA employs and trains assessors to help develop and quality assure the new QCE system’s internal and external assessment.

There are four assessor roles:

Being a QCAA assessor:

helps teachers improve their knowledge of the new QCE system, including its curriculum, assessment, and quality assurance practices
provides teachers with professional and career development opportunities, including enabling them to earn CPD credits across a range of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers focus areas, including:
- 2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting
- 5.1 Assess student learning
- 5.3 Make consistent and comparable judgements
- 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities
- 7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements.

Having QCAA assessors on staff:

gives schools greater knowledge of the new QCE system, including its curriculum, assessment, and quality assurance processes
provides schools with a shared understanding of assessment design and instrument-specific marking guides
increases schools’ capacity for building internal quality assurance processes and teams
supports schools to improve assessment judgments and report accurate provisional results to the QCAA
helps schools build a community of practice that provides extended opportunities collaboration, feedback and professional learning.