National Quality Assurance and Moderation Support Officers (QAMSOs) in 2017-18 identified the following as best practice:
- Assessment and moderation as a priority across the Authority
- Regular meetings with QAMSOs and QAMSO experience being used to plan events
- Clear focus through steering groups
- Tiers of drivers – QIOs/HTs/Moderation Coordinators/Teachers – shared expectation on all
- Effective use of in-service for moderation – planned for
- Sectors working together
- Calendar of planned events
- Local banks of evidence as reference points
- Each school contributing to evidence gathering for QAMSO events or local events
