Assessment Design for Credentials: Valid, Reliable, Fair
Assessment that produces evidence for the claim, and holds up when someone checks.
Why this course
Assessment is where a credential's claim is either earned or not. Employers and professional bodies discount credentials when the assessment is unclear, so this course does more for recognition than any technical improvement.
What you will be able to do
- Choose assessment methods that produce evidence for each criterion.
- Build analytic rubrics with clear performance descriptors.
- Plan moderation and second marking in proportion to the stakes.
- Check an assessment for bias, accessibility and integrity risks.
Modules
- What assessment must prove
- Matching methods to claims
- Rubrics that work
- Reliability and moderation
- Fairness and accessibility
- Integrity by design
Assessment
Design an assessment and rubric for one credential; run a short moderation exercise with peers and revise.
Badge evidence: Assessment plan; rubric; moderation record.
Prerequisites: ICB-F01
Who it is for
- Companies and employers
- Education and providers
- Associations and policy
Framework alignment
Assessment and evidence (ASMT, VRITE pillar Rigor)
Related skills: Credential design, Inclusion and accessibility. About the framework
Use in your organisation
In corporate training
Blended cohort module for L&D and corporate academy leads. Badge aligns to ICSF ASMT L3 (SFIA 4) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as skill evidence; competency on the job needs a V-series validation.
In education
Micro-credential of 12 h notional workload (about 0.5 ECTS), indicative EQF 5 to 6, assessed by assessed practical task with rubric. Stacks into pathway PW02, PW03, PW06.
EU micro-credential elements
| Awarding body | ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 12 h (about 0.5 ECTS). Level: ICSF L3, EQF 5 to 6 (indicative). Type of assessment: assessed practical task with rubric. Form of participation: Blended: online self-study and facilitated cohort sessions. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-F01. |
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Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.
Part of these pathways
- Micro-credential Designer (education) step 5 of 8
- Assessment Lead step 3 of 7
- Quality and Accreditation Lead step 3 of 6
Quality and AI
Quality focus: VRITE Rigor.
AI dimension: Covers task design that stays valid when learners have AI tools, and tasks that include AI use openly.
Improve this course
The course is open on GitHub in LiaScript format under CC BY 4.0. View the source or read how to suggest a change.