Separate internal assessment from external, understand what moderation is for, and get the EISA and FISA sequence the right way round.
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distinguish internal from external assessment, explain the purpose of moderation and describe the EISA and FISA sequences correctly.
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Internal Assessment, Moderation and the External Assessment
Two assessments, two owners
The most consequential distinction in occupational assessment is also the simplest: some assessment is yours, and some is not. ⚖️
Getting that boundary wrong causes real harm. A provider that believes it runs the final assessment for a full qualification will build the wrong systems, make the wrong promises to learners, and discover the problem at the worst possible moment — when a cohort is ready and cannot proceed.
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