Section 14: Teachers
Part B: Assessment arrangements - roles and responsible bodies in implementing the framework Back
Roles and responsibilities
142.Teachers, with advice from education and assessment experts, are responsible for identifying any children or pupils who need additional arrangements to be able to access or show their ability in the statutory National Assessments.
143.Teachers and early years practitioners are responsible for ensuring the consistency and accuracy of their assessment judgements.
Evidence and outcomes
Teacher and practitioner assessments
Outcome evidence for regulation
144.Teachers and practitioners must show that:
- they have used evidence of performance in a range of activities to inform their assessment judgement
- this judgement is a true reflection of that pupil’s or child’s attainment
145.Teachers and practitioners must demonstrate the consistency and accuracy of their assessment judgements through participation in:
- internal moderation with teachers or practitioners in their own school or setting
- external moderation between schools and settings and across key stages.
< Section 13: Headteachers, managers and leaders of Early Years Foundation Stage settings and governors Section 15: CWDC – the Children’s Workforce Development Council >
In my own school in Design Technology internal moderation of assessment does take place already at KS3. However there is little help out there when it comes to moderation across schools locally and apart from Ofsted who never comment on a school’s accuracy in determining levels there is no moderation on a National level (where Teacher Assessment is the accepted method). At KS4 schools are required to attend standardisation meetings for exam boards. Perhaps a national centre for moderation could be set up to which named members of staff who have responsibility for assessment within a department could be required to attend every three years for example? Also these key stakeholders (or a cross section of them)could then be involved in future developments of assessment practices and regulatory changes.So a teacher with a paid responsibility for assessment would be obliged to attend such moderation events on a regular basis.
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Im my LA, I have run annual KS3 moderation meetings for English since the KS3 SATs were abolished. However, I am aware that this practice is not widespread. Moderation meetings have also been held to enable primary colleagues to standardise their teacher assessments.
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