An independent organisation authorised by law to conduct skills assessment on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs and Department of Education and Training.

The environment in which the assessment is undertaken which includes online, the classroom, professional practice context and simulated or laboratory contexts.

The outcome of the migration skills assessment and issued as a ‘Letter of Determination’.

Mapping across all subjects showing how each subject’s assessments are used to evaluate the subject’s learning outcomes and maps to the relevant NMBA standards for practice. Supports assessment of the number, type and context of subject assessments as well as formative and summative assessments.

Written papers, oral presentations or demonstrations of competence in nursing and midwifery practice.

Assessment teams are formed, with a skill mix that is aligned to the nature and character of the education program to be assessed, for the purposes of assessing:

• education program accreditation
• complex or significant education program changes 
• complex or significant monitoring functions complex or significant investigations of complaints.

Formative assessment (intended to provide feedback for future learning, development and improvement) and summative assessment (that indicates whether certain criteria have been met or certain outcomes have been achieved). See also formative and summative definitions.

Characteristics that underpin competent performance. Refer to the NMBA standards for practice for all nursing and midwifery professions.

A statistical classification designed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that defines skill level and specialisation necessary to perform the tasks of a specific occupation.

A tool which assists both specialist and non-specialist English language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to describe an individual’s performance in the five core skills of learning, reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy.