Assessment Health Check: Strengthen Your Assessment Design and Moderation Practice
With NZQA programme monitoring across Levels 1 to 7 and TEO self-review underway, now is the time to check your assessment.
This Assessment ‘Health Check’ is a focused, expert review of your assessment design, alignment, and marking approach through a quality assurance and moderation lens.
You’ll gain clarity on:
How well your assessment aligns to learning outcomes and programme expectations
Where risks or gaps may exist (before they become moderation issues)
What needs to be strengthened to support consistent, defensible assessor decisions.
Why this matters now
NZQA monitoring place a clear focus on how well your assessment demonstrates:
Alignment to Graduate Profile Outcomes and Learning Outcomes
Appropriate NZQCF level and complexity
Clear and consistent assessor judgement
Sufficient and valid evidence of achievement
What’s included
Review of programme and course documentation
Diagnostic check of one assessment tool and marking criteria
Identification of moderation risks and alignment gaps
Clear, prioritised recommendations
(Each booking covers one assessment tool. If you would like more than one assessment reviewed, please contact us.)
Who this is for
Programme leaders, academic managers, and assessors
Private Training Establishments preparing for NZQA monitoring or TEO self-review
Teams needing an expert review of their assessment before moderation
How it works
Option 1: Secure your booking
Book your Assessment Health Check using the payment link.
Secure your Booking your Assessment Health Check
Submit your assessment materials via email
Receive your expert review and recommendations within 5 working days.
Option 2: Request first
Send an enquiry to confirm scope or timing before booking
Then:
Submit your programme, course documents, and assessment via email
Receive your structured diagnostic review and recommendations within 5 working days
Important information
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Please email ONE assessment for review to hello@affinitypluscollege.co.nz
To support a thorough and efficient review, include:
Assessment task
Marking guide or rubric
(Optional) one sample of marked student work
Subject line:
Assessment Health Check – [Your Name / Organisation]Once received, I’ll begin the review ahead of your scheduled session.
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This is a focused, expert-led review of your assessment from a quality assurance and moderation perspective.
You can expect:
A structured review of your assessment design, alignment, and marking approach
Identification of gaps between learning outcomes, tasks, and marking criteria
Feedback on clarity and sufficiency of evidence requirements
Insight into areas that may lead to inconsistent or hard-to-defend assessor decisions
Clear, practical recommendations you can act on immediately.
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To keep this review focused, the following are not included:
Full assessment redesign or rewriting
Development of new assessment materials or marking rubrics
Ongoing consultancy or multiple review cycles
Formal moderation sign-off or compliance advisory support
Detailed policy or QMS development
If more in-depth support is required, this can be discussed as a separate engagement.