Understanding moderation

Moderation is a process which ‘involves educators in a collaborative discussion of student work based on predetermined assessment criteria’. This quote is from an article, Teacher moderation: collaborative assessment of student work. Click the 'Teacher moderation' link at left to read the full article.

The benefits of successful moderation include:

• A better understanding of assessment
• Knowing what constitutes a good assessment task
• Understanding how to assess based on the criteria of the task
• Being able to assess to a standards framework
• Appreciating why it is important to have a good understanding of the syllabus(es)

The audio and video clips included here provide teachers with opportunities to gain an enhanced understanding of the process of moderation as they watch a group of teachers go through the process. Read more about the teachers who participated in this moderation session.

Use the navigation links at left to:

• listen to audio clips of the teachers discussing their views of moderation
• view the teachers assess the same student worksample based on a learning experience from a COGs unit

Additional material is available from the links on the left.