Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:57:41 +1100
To: voced-coord@rite.ed.qut.edu.au
From: Shelley Gillis <s.gillis@edfac.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: Graded Competency Assessment

Hi all

We thought that we could explore the notion of graded competency based assessment. We prefer to use the term "levels of competence" as graded tends to be associated with norms, whilst levels can be applied within criterion referenced frameworks. This tends to be just an academic debate however!!

Many of you are now working in systems that require dual reporting, in terms of "competent" and "not yet competent" decisions and also those that distinguish between varying levels of competence (eg A, B, C, D etc). Would anyone like to offer any comments or suggestions of how they are coping with graded competency based assessments? Or even whether it is an issue worth pursuing?

Shelley and Jack

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First published February 16, 2000. Last modified February 24, 2000.