IS Day presentation by Catherine Kerr (PTC Science)
To be honest I’m not really an expert on the subject. As a starting point I walked about the school asking staff what their understanding of Assessment and Moderation was. The responses were really interesting as the teachers that I put on the spot (mainly un-promoted staff) all had very similar understandings, concerns, and misconceptions. My Assessment and Moderation presentation therefore focussed on the teachers at St. Margaret’s point of view and my hope was that it would build on what was already known as well as clarify some of the key messages from educational policy and best practice.
The information provided came from several sources including the Education Scotland website which provides lots of current information on Assessment and Moderation. In addition I accessed the National Assessment Resource (NAR). As a database I think the NAR is a bit of a let down but the search facility is useful. I searched for ‘sharing the standards’, which brought up different authorities examples of moderation some of which were excellent and used throughout my presentation. All of the information I thought staff might find useful has been placed in a ring binder for each curricular area.
Further useful links include:
I thought this presentation was useful and I was pleased to hear that my level of understanding was similar to many of my colleagues. There are some useful online resources to support higher order questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) for higher order learning found at this website: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/ICTFalkirkPrimaries/2012/03/27/higher-order-thinking/