Participants are reminded that to take advantage of the performance assessment overtime tool provided in the reports they need to take part in more than one distribution a year.
Performance assessments are designed to identify laboratories with on -going problems with their examinations and are undertaken after every distribution. Scores are allocated to results reported for every sample to help assess participants' performance.
Cumulative scores are calculated for every participant for some of the schemes, for all examination types, for the current and previous distributions. Participants' cumulative scores for each of the examination types are compared with the maximum possible scores after every distribution.
Performance Assessment Comment:
Laboratories that achieve less than 70% of the maximum possible score are likely to be experiencing significant problems with their examinations and are advised to
a) refer to the relevant sample reports for specific comments
or b) contact the organisers for advice.