Centre Guide - Cache

Your Guide to Being a CACHE Centre
05: Preparation and Implementation
of assessment, moderation and
quality assurance
You will be supported by your Customer Quality
Advisor or one of our Subject Specialist to plan
and implement the following:
Planning for internally assessed assignments
Submission dates are set for mandatory internally
assessed assignments. You will be responsible for
publishing the submission date for each internal
assignment and ensuring that it is communicated
to and understood by the learners. We also
recommended that you have systems in place to
cover circumstances where learners do not meet
the submission date.
Marking internally assessed assignments
Internally assessed assignments are marked and
internally moderated or quality assured within your
Centre. Some are accompanied by grading criteria
to assist learners and tutors in the interpretation of
the assignment and the levels required. Where a
grading sheet is supplied it must be used to ensure
that there is a standard approach to the collection
of evidence.
Each assignment should be marked in accordance
with the CACHE grading criteria and will be
awarded a grade on the scale of A*–E,
Pass/Merit/Distinction, or Pass only, according to
the qualification. Where appropriate, the overall
number of points achieved for each unit
determines the grade category for the whole
qualification. The learner's copy of the overall
grading structure is in the Qualification
Specification. Grading sheets can be found in the
Qualification Specification on the back of the Unit
Submission Form.
Concise and meaningful comments written in ink
should be provided for the learner. They may be
written on the learner's paper if this is in
accordance with the marking policy of your Centre.
You should retain a copy of the comments made to
the learner. These may be required
if a learner's work is lost or for external quality
assurance purposes.
Moderating internally assessed assignments
You will be supported to:
• Produce an internal moderation procedure for
moderating internally marked work
• Appoint an Internal Moderator to ensure that the
Centre's internal moderation procedure is met
and appropriate standards are upheld. Internal
moderators have a responsibility to ensure that
markers mark according to the assessment
criteria outlined in the CACHE guidance (See
Internal Moderation flow chart below)
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Internally
assessed
assignments
are marked
and internally
moderated
within your
Centre.
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