Consistency of Teacher Judgement

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Consistency of Teacher Judgement

• English 7-10

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What is Consistency?

• Consistency in relation to assessment occurs when
  teachers are able to make judgements about
  student learning that are not dependent on the
  individual teacher, student, location or time and
  are based on a shared understanding of syllabus
  standards of learning.

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Consistency and Comparability

• There are two important concepts underpinning
• the use of teacher judgement as a source of
• evidence of student achievement
• Consistency - judgements that accord with
• -Those previously made for individual
  students
• -Those made for all other students in a range
  of contexts
• Comparability - judgements that accord with those
  made by other teachers for individuals or groups
  of students
• Both of these concepts are important in providing
  reliable
• and valid evidence of student achievement using
• judgements.

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How is Consistency developed?

• Consistency in making assessment judgements needs
  to
• develop
• Across assessment tasks
• Across teachers of different classes
• Across key learning areas (such as Creative Arts,
  Mathematics, English)
• Across time (within one key learning area over a
  period of years)
• Across schools
• Establishing procedures and structures to provide
  sufficient time on a regular basis for teacher
  discussion about teaching, learning and
  assessment is the key to enhancing consistency.

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Faculty Planning How can the English Faculty
develop consistency?

• they can collaboratively plan and devise scope
  and sequence charts, overviews and teaching
  programs which clearly state the intended
  learning.
• they can collaboratively develop common
  understandings of assessment practices and/or
  tasks which reflect syllabus based planning and
  teaching and are an integral part of the teaching
  program
• they can examine student work against the
  standards of the syllabus across grades and
  between schools to moderate their judgements.