Skills Education

Do your 'model answers' support Principle of Assessment, Reliability? 

The reliability principle states that an RTO must have an assessment system whereby:

"Assessment evidence is interpreted consistently by assessors and the outcomes of assessment are comparable irrespective of which assessor is conducting the assessment."

Part of ensuring this is providing fit-for-purpose materials that will actually be used. And, when it comes to assessment marking guides, there's a lot to consider about their design and functionality for end users.  

One of the key components of a marking guide is the benchmark responses meant to guide assessors - across time and across groups - to be consistent in decisions made on evidence presented.  

Quality benchmarks need to paint a picture for assessors of what will constitute a satisfactory response from a student. And they need to be available for a range of assessment instruments, not just knowledge questions!

This session will explore:

• Why a marking guide has to give sufficient guidance for assessors - and how to do this
• How to build parameters for what constitutes a satisfactory response
• Using language to craft meaningful assessment benchmarks
• Types of benchmarks to supply for different types of assessment tasks
• Why “responses may vary” on its own is not a great benchmark to have in your marking guide - and how it can be improved