Bias Awareness
Bias Awareness
Are there any inherent biases (gender, socio-economic status, culture, disability) evident in my assessment tasks? How will marking and moderating of the assessment ensure objectivity?
1. Outstanding Bias Awareness
o Assessment tasks are strategically designed to be sensitive and empowering for all students, catering for the diverse needs of gender, socio-economic status, disabilities and/or cultures.
o The suite of assessment does not marginalise or favour a student or group of students, or advantage or disadvantage certain background knowledge or ways of thinking .
o Intercultural understanding and consideration of alternate points of view is promoted in task design.
o Highly considered modifications are made to assessment ensuring participation of diverse learners in a fair and equitable way.
o Marking bias is strategically planned for and marking is based on evidence which utilises comprehensive practices to avoid bias.
2. High Bias Awareness
o Assessment tasks are designed that promote the diverse needs of gender, socio-economic status, disabilities and/or cultures that do not marginalise or favour a student or group of students.
o Considered modifications are made to assessment which ensures the participation of diverse learners in a fair way.
o Marking bias is planned for and marking is based on evidence which utilises practices to avoid bias.
3. Satisfactory Bias Awareness
o Assessment tasks are designed to meet the needs of the dominant culture, socio-economic group or gender, with evidence of minor alterations for genders, socio-economic status and/or cultures.
o Straightforward modifications are made to assessment which ensures the participation of diverse learners.
o Teachers are aware of marking bias and marking is generally based on evidence of learning rather than the personality of the student.
4. Minimal Bias Awareness
o Assessment tasks are designed to meet the needs of the dominant culture, socio-economic group or gender.
o Simple modifications are made to assessment which ensures the participation of some diverse learners.
o Teachers have limited awareness of marking bias and marking can be biased towards the personality of the student.
5. No Bias Awareness
o Assessment tasks are openly skewed to favour or marginalise a student or group of students.
o No modifications are made to assessment.
o Teachers have no understanding of marking bias and no effort is made to separate the personality of the student from the marking.