by waremark » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:49 pm
Reference the marking of IAM Special Assessments, I saved what 'Fenland Flyer' posted in October 2008, and I paste it here. It only tells you the method of calculating the percentage awarded, not how the result would relate to other qualifications, such as Rospa Gold or Police Advanced. Although the term 'Police Advanced without the speed' has often been used for the Special Assessment, it is pretty obvious that Police Advanced without the Speed or the Pursuit is not Police Advanced.
It should also be recognised that the Special Assessment is peripheral to the mainstream of IAM activities, which focus as mentioned earlier on giving a sound grounding in Advanced Driving to a large intake. (The Bristol course for further instruction which Martin wrote about is an honourable exception to this.) Fenland Flyer's post on marking the SA was as follows:
"crr003 asked "Out of interest, how do you come up with the percentage? You use the IAM Test Report with the 27 things to look at?"
Yes, we use the same form and the marking scheme is:- if, in the particular category, your technique is as good as the average IAM pass you get a 3, if it is better than average you will get a 2 and if you hardly put a foot wrong you will get a 1. Obviously if it is worse than average you get a 4 and a 5 speaks for itself!!
All the marks are added up and then divided into the total number of categories marked (not all the boxes are filled) and, just like that, the percentage mark appears. Therefore, if you get all 3's you get 33%, 2's give you 50% and 1's 100%. Simple really, it must be 'cause I can do it."
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