‘Moderation is a term used to describe approaches for arriving at a shared understanding of standards and expectations for the Broad General Education. It involves teachers working together, drawing on guidance and exemplification and building on existing standards and expectations to:
- Plan learning, teaching and assessment.
- Check that assessment tasks and activities provide learners with fair and valid opportunities to meet the standards and expectations before assessments are used.
- Sample evidence from learners’ work and review teachers’ judgements.
- Agree strengths in learners’ performances and next steps in learning.
- Provide feedback on teachers’ judgements to inform improvement in practices.’
Quality Assurance and Moderation, BTC 5
Within Aberdeenshire, we have created a site to share practice. This site is in the process of being updated:
Aberdeenshire BGE sharing standards site
From a national perspective there is also a Moderation hub which gives further advice and guidance.
