Skill passport
How skills are assessed
Every skill on an EDWartens portfolio shows a level and a plain line saying how it was checked. This page lists the rules, so an employer or a university can audit them.
The three levels
Each level needs all of its rules. The levels are per skill, so a learner can be Advanced in one skill and Foundation in another.
Foundation
Understands the concepts and has completed guided practice.
- A course or module on the skill completed.
- A quiz or exam on the skill passed with 70% or more.
- At least one applied item: a passed lab, a practical exam or a reviewed project.
Practitioner
Works on standard tasks without help.
- Everything for Foundation.
- A quiz or exam score of 80% or more.
- 3 different labs passed, or one lab assessment passed.
- At least one project or internship deliverable that was reviewed.
Advanced
Designs solutions and handles faults.
- Everything for Practitioner.
- A final exam score of 85% or more.
- 2 reviewed projects, one of them fault finding or optimisation.
- An accepted internship deliverable, or a named reviewer or evaluator who signed the work off.
Rules that always apply
- A level never comes from quizzes alone. Every level needs at least one applied item: a lab, a practical exam or a reviewed project.
- Only passed results count. A failed attempt is never shown, and the number of attempts is not shown.
- Quantity does not raise a level. Passing the same lab again does not count twice.
- Self-reported skills carry no level. A skill the learner typed in, with no evidence, is shown as self-reported or not shown at all.
- Results age. Every skill shows the date it was last assessed. A result older than 24 months is marked as old.
- The learner sees the evidence. Each skill lists the quizzes, labs and projects behind it, with a link to the certificate where there is one.
Evidence types and how each is checked
- Course completion
- Every required module of the course is finished. It shows that the learning was done. It is never a level on its own.
- Module and final quizzes
- Online quizzes drawn at random from a question pool. They test knowledge. They are not supervised.
- Timed mock exams
- Timed online papers. Only passed papers count. They are not supervised.
- Practical exams
- A task marked by an evaluator against a mark scheme.
- Labs
- Built and tested in the browser lab. The platform runs the tests and records the result. Only passed labs count, and each lab counts once.
- Lab assessments
- A timed lab set with a code by a trainer, an employer or a university. Graded by the platform. Late submissions do not count.
- Reviewed projects
- A project marked against a rubric, by a trainer, a mentor or automatic project checks, depending on the project.
- Internship deliverables
- Work from a remote training internship that was accepted, with a mentor review where the task needs one. A remote training internship is training, not employment.
- Certificates of completion
- A verifiable certificate shows that a course was completed. Anyone can check its number on our verification page. It supports a skill, but never raises a level.
What is not assessed
- Not supervised. Quizzes, labs and projects are done online, without anyone watching. We use random question pools, time limits and automatic checks, but we cannot rule out help.
- Not an employer reference. Nobody at EDWartens vouches for a learner's character, or promises how they will perform in a job.
- Assessed is not certified. A level shows what EDWartens checked, by the method above. It is not a licence, a regulated qualification or an industry certification. A certificate of completion shows that a course was completed.
- No guarantee of a job, an interview or a visa. EDWartens is not a recruitment agency.
Who sees a portfolio
A portfolio page is private until the learner publishes it. It is hidden from search engines unless the learner ticks a second box. The learner chooses which projects, labs and certificates appear, and can unpublish in one click. Phone numbers are never shown.
Questions about a page, or something that looks wrong? Write to info@wartens.com.