National External Moderation Manual for Tertiary Education Organisations

Moderation report

Note: The moderation report was changed in 2006. It now consists of four or five pages. The results are now on the second page of the report.

The moderation report describes the outcomes of the moderation. The moderator completes the moderation report and sends a copy to the TEO and TAM within three weeks of the submission date.

Figure 3: Page one of the moderation report

Explanation of results

The focus of page two is the moderation results, and records if the assessment materials and learner samples are at the national standard.

The number in the first box indicates the number of learner samples with which the moderator has agreed with the assessor's decision.

Figure 4: Page two of the moderation report

If the moderator has ticked ‘The assessment materials meet the national standard':

• the assessment materials have met the national standard
• the TEO could consider areas for improvement that the moderator may have provided comments on.

If the moderator has ticked 'The assessment materials require modification':

• the assessment materials must be modified before they are used again
• the moderation report will indicate changes required for the assessment materials to meet the national standard, or specify where the materials do not meet the standard
• the standard may be chosen again for moderation as a resubmission in the same year, or in the following year.

If the moderator has ticked "The assessment materials do not meet the national standard":

• the assessment materials must be significantly altered before they can be used again
• the moderation report will indicate changes required for the assessment material to meet the national standard
• NZQA will notify the TEO of what further action will be required for this assessment in a letter that will be sent with the National External Moderation Results report.

Overall decisions about assessment materials

Assessment materials meet the national standard when:

• Special Notes have been considered and all elements have been assessed.
• Range statements have been appropriately covered and the performance criteria have been fully considered.
• There are sufficient "Yes's" in the assessment materials and schedule sections of the moderation report to validate the assessment materials.

Common reasons for assessment materials requiring modification include:

• Omissions in the assessment materials are minor.
• Omissions in the assessment schedules are minor. For example, evidence statements need more specific information to ensure consistency of assessor judgements.
• Learner responses/evidence statements/model answers are referred to in the assessment schedule but are not provided for moderation.
• Required changes to the assessment materials and/or assessment schedule are minor.

Common reasons for assessment materials not meeting the national standard include:

• Special notes and/or all elements of the standard are not covered.
• Several range statements and/or performance criteria are not fully considered.
• Assessment schedule is not submitted.
• Evidence and/or judgement statements are not sufficiently detailed to assure consistent assessor decisions will be made.
• Practical/performance work is not verified (e.g. supervisor/manager signed checklists).

Detail of moderation of assessment activities

The focus of pages 3 and 4 of the moderation report is detail of moderation of assessment activities and the assessment schedule.

Figure 5: Page three/four of the moderation report

The focus of pages four/five is the details of moderation of assessed learner work.

The moderator records their judgement of the learner work provided on the assessed work page and the Tertiary Moderation Cover Sheet.

This information is transferred to page two of the moderation report against "The assessor judgements about learner performance are at the national standard for out of samples."

The moderator agreed with the assessor decisions for one out of three samples and has disagreed with the decision for learner A and learner C.

These results appear on the National External Moderation Report sent to the TEO accompanied with a letter notifying the TEO if any further action is required.

Figure 6: Page four/five of the moderation report

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