Targets – Are pupils’ individual targets referred to when work is marked? Assessing: How do you come to a best-fit judgement in each core subject for every pupil at the end of the key stage? When assessments are carefully planned and carried out effectively teachers are able to see the results of a set of ‘standardised’ pieces of work that literally ‘add-up’ to the ‘best fit’ judgement and create the pupil profile. If carried out in this way it could be possible to say what percentage of a learner’s work is at which level. Standardisation and moderation files Marking labels Find way to upload videos more effectively Standardisation: Does the school hold regular standardisation meetings involving all of the staff? How often? Within school Standardisation activities should be undertaken regularly by all teachers and support assistants, in order that everyone within the school has a shared understanding of the requirements of the national curriculum with regard to assessment against the learning outcomes and level descriptors. Standardisation and moderation files Meetings held monthly on rolling programme Include TAs Cross Cluster/Family of schools Do you meet with cluster colleagues to standardise pieces of work for all core subjects? Within the cluster It is good practice for colleagues from key stages 2 and 3 should meet to standardise pieces of work for each of the core subjects for pupils in years 6 and 9 on a regular basis – especially if there are difficulties in reaching agreed best fit levels during moderation meetings. This process helps to ensure consistency of assessment Cluster book celebration Development of cluster electronic pupil profiles using Hwb Continue termly book celebrations Establish consistent use of Hwb profiles
within and between key stages and enables teachers to share their ideas, expertise and good practice. Have you carried out any standardisation work with colleagues in your family of schools? Cross cluster or within families of schools Standardisation activities carried out across clusters and within families of schools are considered to be good practice and help to ensure consistency in teacher assessment. Make contact with family schools Pupil profiles: What evidence do you provide to support the outcomes and levels awarded for oracy and reading? A pupil profile should contain a variety of annotated, assessed pieces of work that are sufficient in number to enable someone other than a pupil’s class teacher, to come to a best fit judgement. Language profiles should contain evidence that supports the judgements made regarding oracy, reading and writing. Activities may be taken from a variety of subjects e.g. extended writing from history or geography; number work from DT. Pupil profiles on Hwb J2E Moderation: Do you hold internal moderation meetings involving all members of staff? Within school Moderation activities should be undertaken by all teaching and support staff in order to agree best fit levels, to talk about activities undertaken by pupils, assessment, tracking and the curriculum. Standardisation and moderation meeting held on monthly rolling programme Encourage TA attendance Does your school attend all cluster Within the cluster Currently, moderation activities are undertaken in Well established system of cluster meetings
meetings where pupil profiles for all core subjects are moderated at a variety of levels? order to ensure consistency of teacher assessment across a number of schools at the end of key stages 2 and 3 and at the end of Foundation Phase. Evidence: Have you compiled a reference portfolio of standardised work at Foundation Phase and Key Stages 1 and 2 for each core subject (+ W2L at KS2)? Is your portfolio up to date, i.e. reflecting the activities currently undertaken within the classroom? Do you have access to cluster moderated, recent pupil profiles for each core subject and W2L at KS2? Within each school. Standardised examples of pupils work in a file or portfolio for each core subject. Examples of recent profiles at a variety of levels for each core subject and W2L remembering that language profiles should contain evidence for oracy, reading and writing. Within the cluster. It is good practice for the cluster to have details of the pupil profiles moderated at the cluster meeting. It is not necessary for cluster to produce a portfolio of profiles however, this would be considered as good practice if used as a source of reference. See standardisation and moderation files Features of a ‘good’ moderation meeting Question Commentary RAYG Evidence Comments/ Way Forward Has your cluster elected an assessment who is able to work in partnership with your ChADs in That there is sufficient time to carry out the exercise effectively. Moderation files FP & KS2 assessment coordinators chosen That the activity is organised efficiently so that everyone who attends knows what to Moderation files Clear within primary schools Secondary departments not always consistent
bring and the details of their role at the meeting. Cluster meetings require the attendance of members of staff from the secondary school and each cluster primary school. Moderation files All partners attend meetings That evidence for the exercise is requested in advance. Moderation files Always requested lack of consistency with secondary departments That National Curriculum documents are available for reference. Moderation files That there are sufficient copies of ‘outcome’ and ‘level descriptor’ statements. Moderation files Each pupil profile presented at an internal moderation meeting should be ‘moderated’ by at least one member of staff other than the class teacher. At cluster moderation meetings at least 3 members of staff from different schools should moderate each profile. Moderation files Each school represented at a cluster meeting should moderate at 3 profiles that are not their own. Moderation files Activities to be undertaken: Go through the profile(s) reading the context and checking the standardised judgements against the outcomes and level descriptors. Moderation files Pupil profiles established ‘Add-up’ the judgements to obtain the best-fit level. Moderation Highlighted against NC level descriptors
Check the sufficiency of evidence, is your judgement secure? Moderation files Discussions during moderation Each moderator should provide feedback on their findings as evidence that the exercise has been completed (a simple is available for this purpose). Moderation files Pupil profiles The outcomes of cluster meetings should be sent to the cluster . Moderation files LA are present in meetings and coordinator sends information The cluster should meet to discuss the findings and plan improvements in preparation for the next meeting. Moderation files This is done at the moderation meeting and at NGP HT metings Individual schools should use moderator’s comments to help them improve assessment procedures and outcomes. Moderation files