1. MANAGING INTERNAL MODERATION HTTP://WWW.NZQA.GOVT.NZ/AUDIENCE-PAGES/SECONDARY-SCHOOLS- AND-TEACHERS/NCEA-RESOURCE-KIT/INTRO /

2.  Moderation is about checking that assessment materials and marking is at the national standard  Ensures that internal assessment in schools is credible and robust WHAT IS MODERATION?

3. There are two types of moderation  External moderation  done by NZQA for 10% of student work  Internal moderation  done in schools or between schools TYPES OF MODERATION

4.  Āe marika! YES! DO WE HAVE TO DO MODERATION?

5. Teachers are expected to:  check assessment materials before use  check inter-class consistency of grading  verify a sample of student work for each standard  maintain their understanding of national standards  act on feedback from external moderation  review materials again before use GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

6.  Thoroughly reviewing assessment materials before first use, regardless of source, to ensure:  context is suitable for the students  authenticity can be assured  appropriateness of language  consistency with the registered standard CHECKING MEANS...

7.  Ensuring work of all students for a standard/activity is marked in the same manner, irrespective of class or teacher This may be achieved by:  strip marking eg. teacher A marks all of Q1, teacher B marks all of Q2 etc  panel marking  sharing a reviewed assessment schedule while marking  referring to guinea pig papers/annotated benchmarks  check-marking a proportion of each other’s work INTER-CLASS CONSISTENCY MEANS...

8.  Another subject specialist familiar with the standard confirms your marking is at the national standard  The samples should be at the grade boundaries ie. Achieved, Merit and Excellence  There is no set number of samples to check VERIFY MEANS...

9.  In larger departments, some inter-class consistency methods may double as verification  Make reference to benchmark samples in recent moderation reports for the standard  E-mail/send samples to a colleague  Share samples at an association or cluster meeting HOW TO HAVE A SAMPLE VERIFIED...

10.  Use critiqued activities/tasks  eg. from TKI, or previously moderated activities, share reviewed activities with other schools  Marking – inter-class consistency  Share reviewed assessment schedule while marking  Refer to guinea pig papers/benchmarks or previously moderated samples  Verify that marking is at the national standard  Check grade boundary samples with a colleague  Use meetings, e-mail, Skype etc to discuss student work and grade boundaries with colleagues HOW CAN WE WORK SMARTER?

11.  Keep the original activity/task with improvements noted on it  Make review notes on the activity for future reference  Use 2-colour pens on moderation cover sheets, eg.  Red for maker  Green for verifier  Make notes on the moderation cover sheets if guinea pigs/benchmark samples had been used  Use the school’s moderation forms eg. Internal Moderation Cover Sheet as working documents EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL MODERATION?

12.  Keeping up-to-date with NCEA related information  Keeping benchmark exemplars of your marking  Being a NZQA moderator or marker  Belonging to a subject teacher cluster or association  Professional development  Using the OTSE process (Optional teacher selected evidence) ie.  where you can send additional student material to the moderator and ask specific questions about this work and interpretating the standards HOW ELSE CAN I IMPROVE MY ABILITY TO ASSESS AT THE NATIONAL STANDARD?