Task+5+-+Validation

It is assessing all of the required performance criteria and so validity is good. The biggest issue is the reliability of the simulation exercise. See below for information to assessors and candidates The tool itself is fair. The key issue is that there is not enough information for a student to do the task without having the assessor next to them. Could be – some of the simulation items could be done via an oral but that is not provided for. The simulation could also be done using a screen capture program which would be useful if there were larger number of students doing the task at once because there would be evidence of exactly what each student was doing. Supervision could ensure that each student was doing their simulation independently, and the assessor, by looking at the screen capture recording could determine that each student had achieved competence. This is not documented. The flexibility potential is not identified and is at the discretion or imagination of the assessor. The actual simulation task needs to be documented - eg the file that the student needs to restore. There needs to be a pre assessment checklist for the assessor – eg put a file name 'xyz' into the recycle bin for the student to restore.
 * Are the tools valid?**
 * Are they reliable?**
 * Are they fair?**
 * Are they flexible?**
 * Is enough information provided to the assessors and candidates?**