Assessment & reporting

Assessment and Reporting Assignment Two

Part A – Quality Assurance

Quality assurance, while being an important aspect of the education system, can have both positive and negative influences on the professionalism of teachers and educators. Teachers as professionals can be harmed by Quality assurance mechanisms, by the actual process of picking apart the intricate workings of the school, through possibly unclear reasons or outcomes for the reviewing, and by inadequate evidence being considered for reviewing. Despite this, there are also some ways that teachers’ professionalism can be enhanced through Quality assurance due to the complimentary aims of the service, namely to help teachers and schools with their accountability and to generally improve the standard of schooling for everyone involved.

Teachers as professionals can be harmed by Quality assurance mechanisms if there is a possible lack of care taken by the reviewing panel when collecting evidence for the review. Du...