What is Internal Verification?
Internal verification is a quality control mechanism that ensures internally assessed units/components:
- have assignment briefs that are fit for purpose
- are assessed accurately to national standards against the unit/component criteria
- are consistently assessed and graded across the programme.
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| Internal verification is a key part of the BTEC quality assurance process in ensuring learners are assessed accurately to the national standard. Internal verification is a planned, risk based, activity involving the Lead Internal Verifier, Assessor, and Internal Verifiers. |
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What are Internal Verification Plans?
Internal verification plans are drawn up to ensure timely implementation of the process. During the lifetime of the programme, internal verification of Assessor decisions must cover the following as a minimum:
- every Assessor
- every unit/component
- learner work from every assignment
- learner work from every assessment site (for multi-site and consortia centres)
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Can the Internal Verification Plan be amended during the academic year?
Yes, an Internal Verification Plan can be amended as it is a working document. Ensure version numbers are saved as the plan is changed. |
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What support is available for creating an Internal Verification Plan?
Please refer to the BTEC Centre Guide for the Lead Internal Verifier. |
We also have an on-demand continuing professional development (CPD) package focusing on Planning for Internal Verification here. This provides a walk through example of the Internal Verification Plan.
On the BTEC forms and guides webpage, you will find an Internal Verification Plan template to help you save time and fulfil your part in the BTEC assessment and verification process with ease. |  |
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Managing vocational quality
For additional help and support for Quality Nominees and BTEC delivery teams, we have created dedicated quality assurance webpages that can be accessed via the Home of Quality Assurance. These webpages provide easy access to quality assurance guides, videos and resources, FAQs, regular updates, training events, live chat with an expert and much more.
We recommend Quality Nominees and BTEC staff join our Quality Nominees Group, here you can ask questions directly to the Vocational Quality Assurance Management team, browse posts/updates and share ideas and good practice with colleagues. |  |
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