TLDR Learn about the principles, evidence, and tools for effective competency-based assessment.

Key insights

  • ⚙️ CBA is a systematic process of collecting evidence based on set criteria to assess staff performance gaps and determine achievement of specific competencies.
  • 🔍 There are four types of CBA: diagnostic, formative, summative, and skills recognition.
  • 📝 Assessment process involves interpretation and confirmation with stakeholders, setting up the assessment site, and briefing the candidates.
  • 🔄 Regular review of assessment process and criteria, gathering direct, indirect, and supplementary forms of evidence, and alignment with learning outcomes and organizational practices are essential.
  • 🍰 Final outcome in making the cake depends on correct use of ingredients and baking equipment; assessment methods include show-me and show and tell supported by specific tools.
  • 📊 Different assessment methods, including show and tell, self-assessment, third-party assessment; supported by a variety of assessment tools.
  • 🎯 Ensuring principles of assessment: valid, reliable, flexible, fair; defining competencies and evidence guide assessors in CBA.

Q&A

  • What does a comprehensive overview of CBA cover?

    A comprehensive overview of competency-based assessment includes assessment principles, evidence, and competency definition. It entails understanding assessment principles such as validity, reliability, flexibility, and fairness, assessment evidence and criteria, and competency definition and benchmarks.

  • What methods and tools are used in gathering assessment evidence?

    Different assessment methods and tools can be used to gather evidence about a candidate's work performance, including show and tell, self-assessment, third-party assessment, and oral tests. The rules of evidence guide assessors in ensuring that evidence is authentic, valid, sufficient, and current.

  • What factors affect the final outcome in CBA?

    The final outcome of CBA, like making a cake, depends on the correct use of fresh ingredients, baking equipment, and following proper food and hygiene practices. Assessment methods include the show-me method and the show and tell me method, each supported by specific assessment tools.

  • What is involved in the assessment process?

    Assessors need to review the assessment process regularly and gather different forms of evidence, including direct, indirect, and supplementary evidence, to make well-informed decisions. The types of evidence include process, product, and knowledge evidence. It's important to align assessment criteria with learning outcomes and organizational practices.

  • What are the types of CBA?

    There are four types of CBA: diagnostic assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, and skills recognition. The assessment process involves interpreting the assessment plan, confirming with stakeholders, setting up the assessment site, and briefing the candidates.

  • What is CBA (Competency-Based Assessment)?

    CBA is a systematic process of collecting evidence to make judgments about achieving competencies based on set criteria. It is used to assess staff performance gaps and determine the achievement of specific competencies. CBA has three main characteristics: criterion-based, evidence-based, and participatory.

  • 00:00 CBA is a systematic process of collecting evidence to make judgments about achieving competencies based on set criteria. It is used to assess staff performance gaps and to determine achievement of specific competencies. CBA has three main characteristics: criterion-based, evidence-based, and participatory.
  • 02:30 There are four types of CBA: diagnostic assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, and skills recognition. The assessment process involves interpreting the assessment plan, confirming with stakeholders, setting up the assessment site, and briefing the candidates.
  • 05:21 Assessors need to review the assessment process regularly and gather different forms of evidence, including direct, indirect, and supplementary evidence, to make well-informed decisions. The types of evidence include process, product, and knowledge evidence. It's important to align assessment criteria with learning outcomes and organizational practices.
  • 08:03 The final outcome of making the cake depends on the correct use of fresh ingredients, baking equipment, and following proper food and hygiene practices. Assessment methods include the show-me method and the show and tell me method, each supported by specific assessment tools.
  • 10:46 Different assessment methods and tools can be used to gather evidence about a candidate's work performance, including show and tell, self-assessment, third-party assessment, and oral tests. The rules of evidence guide assessors in ensuring that evidence is authentic, valid, sufficient, and current.
  • 13:50 A comprehensive overview of competency-based assessment including assessment principles, evidence, and competency definition.

Comprehensive Guide to Competency-Based Assessment (CBA)

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