HCD.11:4.5 - Return a result proportionate to its use
A short account is sufficient when it preserves the person and contribution, task and conditions, observations including help, criterion-based judgement, bounded inference and relevant uncertainty. No particular form is compulsory. Include a further observation only for a selected receiving use that needs it, when its obtainable contribution warrants the full learner, assessor, preparation, delay and displaced-work burden. A current limited result can finish while a stronger claim remains unsupported.
Use the following distinctions in the conclusion:
| Finding | Useful return |
|---|---|
| The required contribution was observed | State the supported performance and the narrower capability claim, with tested conditions and sample limits. |
| A material criterion failed | State which contribution failed in which attempt; preserve successful contributions. |
| Observations cannot distinguish the claim from a live rival | State the unresolved claim and current limit; retain independently supported conclusions. Name a discriminating observation when the receiving use needs that next question. |
| Task, access or criterion was defective | Return the defect to its owner and identify which judgement must wait or be replaced. |
Stop when the intended reversible decision has enough evidence or when a named missing input prevents it. Escalate assurance only when the receiving use needs broader coverage, independent judgement, scoring consistency, accessibility checks or a defensible validity argument. The assessor’s account supplies evidence; it does not grant release or professional authority.
Reopen only the affected claim when a new observation, changed configuration, source, tool, criterion or receiving use changes what the evidence supports.