Guideline for assessment of final projects
NVAO has issued a guideline that explains how panels select and evaluate final projects when assessing programmes.
A final project is not necessary a thesis or a final research project. It is also possible that such a final project provides less of an indication of the level of competence achieved than another meaningful assessment of competence by the programme would (such as a portfolio, a work of art, etc.). If this is the case, then the panel should explicitly report this and clearly substantiate which products it has used as a basis to establish the level of competence achieved in the programme.
The panel makes a random but differentiated selection of from the list of graduates of the last two academic years. The differentiated selection first includes: 15 students from the largest mode of study and an additional number of students from other modes of study within the programme, in proportion to the size of such other modes vis-à-vis the largest mode of study. The panel ensures that the locations of each mode of study are equally represented in the sampling based on their size. The second differentiation consists of including final projects with low (5.5 – 6.5), medium (7 - 8) and high (8.5 and higher) marks in the sampling.
For each student selected, the panel will examine the final project, including the completed and signed assessment forms.
If the percentage of final projects that are assessed as unsatisfactory by the panel is higher than 10 per cent, the panel will expand the sampling to 25.
A final project is not necessary a thesis or a final research project. It is also possible that such a final project provides less of an indication of the level of competence achieved than another meaningful assessment of competence by the programme would (such as a portfolio, a work of art, etc.). If this is the case, then the panel should explicitly report this and clearly substantiate which products it has used as a basis to establish the level of competence achieved in the programme.
The panel makes a random but differentiated selection of from the list of graduates of the last two academic years. The differentiated selection first includes: 15 students from the largest mode of study and an additional number of students from other modes of study within the programme, in proportion to the size of such other modes vis-à-vis the largest mode of study. The panel ensures that the locations of each mode of study are equally represented in the sampling based on their size. The second differentiation consists of including final projects with low (5.5 – 6.5), medium (7 - 8) and high (8.5 and higher) marks in the sampling.
For each student selected, the panel will examine the final project, including the completed and signed assessment forms.
If the percentage of final projects that are assessed as unsatisfactory by the panel is higher than 10 per cent, the panel will expand the sampling to 25.
