5.3.1. Concerns to be Addressed in moderation of marking to ensure validity

See Annexure 8.20

A. Whether marking within assessment components is consistent.

B. Whether marking across assessment components within a course/module is consistent.

C. Whether marking across evaluators within an assessment component (especially in panel marking) is consistent.

D. Whether marking relative to other courses & cohorts (years) is consistent.

E. Whether the examiners have used the full range of marks in assessing.

F. Whether differences in academic judgements or procedural irregularity in marking are acknowledged, recorded and addressed.

G. Whether the study programme-specific marking scales and criteria have been used consistently.

H. Whether appropriate feedback has been provided at the assessment component and course level to help students to learn and justify the marks awarded.

I. Whether assessments are in line with course ILOs.

J. Whether marks of all components have been totalled and correctly inserted onto the spreadsheet.

K. Whether the spread of marks is appropriate and comparable to other courses and that of the same course in previous years.

L. Whether the descriptive statistics are appropriate (mean, median, mode, SD etc.) [based on prior experiences and expected attainment of ILOs].

M. Whether the form of scaling/standardization used (if necessary) is appropriate and yields valid grades.