Teacher tip: Use moderation to make consistent decisions.

Peer assessment is significant to learning because it encourages and enhances student reasoning capacity and independence. The weakness of this form of assessment can be avoided with teacher moderation. Peer assessment is a form of peer teaching which in turn leads to development of evaluation and assessment skills.

Assessment. 2 x 2500-word essays; 1 x 2-hour examination. Deadlines will be confirmed on your personal tabula. The marking criteria is in the undergraduate handbook.

You will experience a range of assessment methods, including mid-term tests, problem sets, presentations, essays and year-end exams during your Diploma. Any work that contributes towards the final module mark is known as summative assessment.

Assessment task, or assignment, means a component of assessment that is normally based on learning undertaken during the semester. Assessment tasks can be formative or summative and can take many forms such as essays, short answer questions; Examination means any assessment task, assignment, written or observed practice, or other written paper.

School Moderation Program. Each year, the assessment and grading practices in particular courses at selected schools are reviewed. The purpose of the Authority’s moderation activities is to ensure that the school: is appropriately delivering the current syllabus.

THE TOOLS: DESIGN AND MODERATION OF ASSESSMENT The SAQA RPL policy states that the design and moderation of appropriate assessment instruments and tools “is a critical step to ensure the credibility of the assessments, and the integrity of the system” (Chapter 3: 32) Purpose of this chapter.

The University Senate Scales outline the marking criteria for all types of assessment for students and assist in the marking of Coursework, Dissertations and Oral Presentations. Some Schools (such as those whose courses lead to professional qualifications such as Medicine and Nursing and some postgraduate courses) may provide their own senate.

Assessment and Feedback. These documents provide staff and students with key resources, policies and guidelines in regards to the assessment of students. Coursework Submission Policy Rounding Policy Assignment Submission Checklist Text matching services policy Summative assessment in groupwork Internal Strategic Moderation and Double Marking Policy.

Moderation of Assessment Results 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Internal moderation is a process separate from that of marking and provides assurance that assessment criteria have been applied appropriately, reflecting the shared understanding of the markers (UK Quality Code for Higher Education Chapter B6: Assessment of students and the recognition of prior learning (QAA, 2013)).

Assessment Policy Page 4 (b) Reliability and Consistency. Assessment tasks should be repeatable and accurate. This is achieved by a set of clear and consistent processes for the setting, marking and moderation of assignments. (c) Fitness for Purpose. Appropriate assessment of intended learning.

Quality Assurance Principles 8 Quality Assurance Elements 9 General Criteria 10 Approval as an SQA centre 11 Approval to offer specific SQA qualifications 12 Validation of SQA qualifications 13 Internal moderation (verification) of internal assessment 16 External moderation (verification) of internal assessment 17 Quality control of external.

This article challenges a number of assumptions underlying marking of student work in British universities. It argues that, in developing rigorous moderation procedures, we have created a huge burden for markers which adds little to accuracy and reliability but creates additional work for staff, constrains assessment choices and slows down feedback to students.