Valid
The method addresses the knowledge, skill, judgment, or application described by the outcome.
CPE standards
Assessment that is fair, proportionate, and defensible
Assessment should serve the program’s learning outcomes and produce evidence that can be interpreted consistently.
Key considerations
The framework at a glance
Reliable
Instructions, criteria, marking, moderation, and records support consistent decisions.
Secure
Identity, integrity, access, attempts, results, and certification controls reflect the level of risk.
Framework chapters
Quality principles in practice
01
Assessment design
Questions, tasks, demonstrations, reflections, or workplace evidence should match the outcome and professional context. Difficulty and effort should be proportionate.
02
Administration and fairness
Learners need clear instructions, criteria, timing, support, accessibility arrangements, feedback routes, reassessment rules, and a fair way to question an outcome.
03
Integrity and records
Providers should control assessor competence, learner identity where relevant, academic integrity, result decisions, changes, moderation, retention, and certificate release.
Not every CPE activity needs formal assessment. Where achievement or competence is claimed, however, the evidence must justify that claim.