Which standards are used to evaluate assessment evidence?

• A. Authentication
• B. Moderation Criteria
• C. Standardisation
• D. Vocational Qualifications

Answer: (B)

When assessing evidence, the judgments are made against defined benchmarks that specify what counts as acceptable achievement and how different levels are distinguished. These benchmarks come from moderation criteria, the standards used by assessors and moderators to evaluate whether the evidence meets the required quality and level. Moderation criteria ensure fairness and consistency across assessors and cohorts by providing a common yardstick for marking. Authentication concerns whether the work belongs to the candidate, not how it is graded, so it doesn’t serve as the evaluation standard. Standardisation helps create uniform procedures, but it’s the moderation criteria that set the actual standards used to judge the evidence.