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1、11SCUDDfocusgrouponStandardsinExternalExaminingDigestofthereport(pp.2-12)a.)ExternalExaminersandstandards(pp.2-6)Thegroupconsideredthematerialofferedandthequestionsraisedonthreeareasofconsiderationasregardsstandards:1.)Benchmarkingstandardsfrompersonalexperience2.)Benchmarkingstandardsagainstinsti

2、tutionalparameters,and3.)Benchmarkingstandardsagainstexternalparameters.Thegroupfeltbroadlythatanunderstandingofwhatrepresentsgoodpracticeisestablishedwithinandbythecommunitiesofexpertisewithinwhichtheexternalexaminersgainexperienceandacrosswhichtheyparticipateinthefurtherdefinitionandcommunicatio

3、nofstandardsthroughthefunctionsandobligationsoftheroleofexternalexaminer.Agreaterpremium,therefore,washeldinpersonalexperienceandthedialogueoverstandardswasconsideredmostappropriatelyheldinconcertwiththepractitionersandprofessionalsattheinstitutionsbywhichtheexaminersmightbeemployed.b.)TheExternal

4、Examiners’relationshipwithspecificawardedgrades,orcohortsofgrades,withregardtobenchmarks(pp.7-8)Atensionwasrecognizedintheexpectationsuponanexternalexaminerbetweenofferingbothanoverviewoftheapplicationofassessmentpracticelocally,andconsideringthatpracticewithinbroader,nationalperspectives.Thegroup

5、recognizedadifficultyindefiningnationalstandardsoutsideofourparticipationinthevariouscommunitiesofpracticethatworktogethertoevolvethedefinition‘goodpractice’withinthediscipline,andconsideredthecomplexitiesarisingfromassumptionsthatallInstitutionsoperateonaseriesofdifferential‘levelplayingfields’.G

6、iventhesethoughts,thegroupreflecteduponthemeaningofa“benchmark”andtheroleofbenchmarksinthecontemplationoflocalandnationalstandards,asregardstheworkofanexternalexaminer.c.)TrainingforExternalexaminers(p.9)ThegroupfavouredaQAA/PALATINEmodelofdiscipline-specifictrainingifsuchtrainingaddressedthemappi

7、ngofqualityassuranceagainstlocalprocedures,expectationsandidentities.d.)Assessmentofpractice(p.10)Thegroupconsideredthesubject-specificdemandsuponexternalexaminersofwitnessingpracticalwork,andassociatedissuesoffa