Internal Moderation

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Internal Moderation

• The purpose
• Checking tasks and schedules
• Checking assessment judgments
• The process
• Have your task checked (possibly) by another
  teacher if you are in a bigger dept or a teacher
  of the same subject in a neighboring school
• Have your assessment judgments checked by strip
  marking, cross checking, using benchmarks
• Keep a record of these meetings and establish
  benchmarks (your school may have a record sheet)

2
External Moderation

• 8 samples for Achievement Standards
• 4 samples for Unit Standards
• Moderation plans can be negotiated up until the
  25 of Feb
• One addition the schools have only just found out
  about is that Technology 90050 will be added to
  all moderation plans

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External Moderation
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External Moderation

• Changes to the moderators reports for this year
• Page 1 - Overview commentary and next steps. Link
  to the moderation appeals process to seek
  clarification
• Page 2 - Moderation results
• Page 3 - Assessment Materials and Assessed Work

5
Moderation

• The use of tki exemplars
• The tasks need to be modified to suite your
  students and local environment

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Moderation important dates

• 1 August final date to confirm entries for
  externals
• 15 September final date to confirm withdrawals
  from externals
• 24 November final date for internal results to
  NZQA
• Internal results confirmed by 7 Dec
• All these dates are NZQA dates your schools may
  have dates which are earlier than to ensure they
  can process the data in time to meet NZQAs
  deadlines.

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Managing National Assessment

• School Assessment systems Check
• External Moderation

8
MNA School Systems Check

• Schools have been notified if having MNA systems
  check this year
• Reports will be sent to BOT chairperson and
  PN/Principal
• Format - PN 90min interview
• - 30 min with HODs (3 or 4 chosen by the school)

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MNA School Systems Check

• Evidence needed for HOD interview-
• Course outlines
• Assessment materials
• Internal moderation processes (evidence)
• External moderation reports and follow-up (what
  action was taken given the feedback)
• Analysis of previous results
• Records of student results