This document establishes requirements and guidance for clients working with one or more service provider(s) to carry out the assessment of an individual, a group or an organization for work-related purposes. This document enables the client to base its decisions on sound assessment results. This document specifies the requirements of the client with respect to: This document also specifies assessment approaches and procedures that can be carried out for one or more work-related purposes made by or affecting individuals, groups or organizations, including, but not limited to: No detailed technical or professional specifications are included within this document; however, an explanation of some of the more common professional quality principles used in assessment (e.g. validity, reliability, fairness, standardization) are included in Annex B. Despite the informative nature of this annex, the quality of assessment procedures and methods is important to the client in relation to the purposes of the assessment, the relevance of the measures involved, their validity, reliability, fairness, standardization and any issues relating to special needs of the assessment participant and other factors that affect the practicality, acceptability and utility of the assessment. This document does not detail the specific competences required for assessors as these are dependent upon the nature of the assessment.
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Agreement procedure
4.1 Agreement
4.2 Client responsibilities
4.3 Competence and training
4.4 Anticipating outcomes and consequences
4.5 Supplementary research activities
5 Pre-assessment procedures
5.1 Identification of assessment needs
5.2 Assessment services recommendation
5.3 Assessment services agreement
6 Assessment delivery
6.1 Steps
6.2 Planning the assessment
6.3 Informing assessment participants
6.4 Conducting the assessment
6.5 Interpreting and using results
6.6 Providing feedback
6.7 Evaluating the assessment
7 Post-assessment review
Annex A Rights and responsibilities of assessment participants: guidelines and expectations (informative)
Annex B Supplemental information on technical documentation of assessment methods and procedures (informative)
Annex C Supplemental information on analysis and interpretation of results (informative)
Annex D Supplemental information on reporting (informative)