Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement RARPA An Introduction

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Recognising and Recording Progress and
Achievement(RARPA) An Introduction

• Silvia Hanley
• Contract Officer
• Culture Adult Education
• Lincolnshire County Council

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What is RARPA?

• Process that assists learners and tutors to
  recognize and record the progress and achievement
  of the learner.
• Focused on the learner.
• Evidences the learner journey.
• Helps to monitor the quality of learning and
  teaching in non-accredited learning.

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What is RARPA?

• Identifies and records
• Learner starting point
• Achievement of course learning outcomes
• Achievement of personal learning outcomes
• Progress made during the course (formative
  assessment)
• Progress made at the end of the course (summative
  assessment)
• Feedback from learner
• Feedback from tutor

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Where has RARPA come from?

• National Learning Skills Council (LSC)
  initiative, developed in conjunction with
• NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing
  Education) and
• LSDA (Learning and Skills Development Agency).
• Addresses perceived shortcomings in
  non-accredited provision.
• Piloted throughout the country in a range of
  settings (since 2004).
• Reporting to LSC against achievement of Learning
  Outcomes compulsory from Sept 2009.

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Current Policy Links

• Common Inspection Framework(CIF)
• Measuring Success (LSC mandate)

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What does RARPA mean in practice?

• For Tutors
• Provides an educationally sound framework for
  planning and delivery of courses.
• Provides an opportunity to check that provision
  is learner-centred.
• Ensures learners goals are recognised and
  counted towards learners achievement.
• NOT meant to introduce new layers of bureaucratic
  paperwork.

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What does RARPA mean in practice?

• For Learners
• Ensures well-planned sessions and clear aims and
  learning outcomes.
• Provides learners with identifiable learning
  journeys.
• Where did I start? ?Initial Assessment
• What is my progress? ?Formative Assessment
• Where am I now? ?Summative Assessment
• Where do I want to go next? ? IAG

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Learner Journey

• Start ? During the course ? End
  of course ?
• Where did I start? What is my
  progress? Where am
  I now?
• INITIAL ASSESSMENT FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
  SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
  
• ??? ?!? !!!

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Learner Journey

• ? Future Progression
• What do I want to do next?
• INFORMATION, ADVICE GUIDANCE (IAG)

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RARPA 5-staged Process
Appropriate Aims
Initial Assessment
Summative Assessment
Challenging Learning Objectives
Formative Assessment
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Stage 1 APPROPRIATE AIMS
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Stage 2 INITIAL ASSESSMENT
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Stage 3 CHALLENGING LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Stage 4 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (During the
programme)
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Stage 5 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (At the end of
programme)
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Proposed Stage 6
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Summary of RARPA

• Compulsory from September 2009 for all
  non-accredited courses.
• Currently a five stage process.
• Identifies and records
• Learner starting point
• Achievement of course aims and learning outcomes
• Achievement of personal learning outcomes
• Progression during the course (formative)
• Progression at the end of the course (summative)
• Feedback from learner
• Feedback from tutor

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Summary of supporting evidence

• Learner charter and learner handbook (Induction)
• Course agreement/rationale (Induction)
• Initial assessment / Course Information Sheet
  (CIS)
• Scheme of work (SOW)
• Generic lesson plan
• Personal Learning Record (PLR) / Individual
  Learning Plan (ILP)
• Tutor Records of Learner Achievement (TRLA)
• Internal moderation procedures
• Observation of teaching learning (OTL)
  procedures

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ANY QUESTIONS?
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Examples of Documentation Supporting RARPA
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Personal Learning Record (PLR)
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Tutor Record of Learner Achievement (TRLA)
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