Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance Principles:

1. the SQA assessment and quality assurance system should be understandable to
   stakeholders, effectively administered, publicly accountable and cost effective
   to operate
   
2. qualifications should be accessible to all candidates who have the potential to
   achieve them
   
3. the criteria which define the performance required of candidates for them to
   achieve qualifications should be appropriate to purpose, explicit and in the
   public domain
   
4. each unit, course and group award should be unique and necessary, and should
   comply with the relevant qualification specification
   
5. assessments should be valid, reliable and practicable, and assessment results
   should be in line with qualification criteria
   
6. qualifications should be offered in centres which have the resources and
   expertise to assess candidates against the qualification’s criteria
   
7. staff in centres should be provided with effective support in assessing
   candidates for certification
   
8. responsibility for quality assurance should be devolved to centres where this is
   consistent with the maintenance of national standards