External Moderation of Assessment Instruments

Scott Porter, Examination ManagerLiz Dixon, Examination Officer

Assessment, Awards and Regulation

Policy Context

"Moderation of assessment instruments (coursework briefs and examination questions) ensures that their form and content are appropriate and valid in terms of standards, assessment of learning outcomes, syllabus coverage, level of challenge, and fairness to students."

Process

• Awards, Assessment and Regulation (AAR) request assessment instruments from Module Leaders (MLs)

• MLs write assessment instruments, internally verify and send to AAR

• AAR check assessment instruments and inform the External Examiner (EE) that they are available for review

• EE reviews assessment instruments and provides feedback to AAR

• AAR informs ML of feedback (if required)

• ML responds to feedback and informs AAR

• Final documentation is stored on Sharepoint

ACES External Examiner.oft

Summary• Module leaders will supply a full set of first sit and refer / defer assessment

instruments• A central repository will be established on Sharepoint, which will be accessible

by AAR, module leaders, external examiners and student administrators.• External examiners will be provided with access to the relevant modules for

review and comment. Responses should be sent directly back to the AAR confirming that the assessment instruments are appropriate or proposing amendments.

Timescales• Submissions for HWB, SBS and D&S (not including agreed exceptions) were

due in July 2013.• D&S exceptions and ACES (not including agreed exceptions) are due on

September 13th 2013• Any submissions after this deadline will not be sent for external moderation• The deadline for external examiner comments is two weeks after access has

been granted to the modules

Contact Information

Email: shumoderation@shu.ac.uk Tel: 0114 225 3079

Assessment, Awards, and RegulationsSheffield Hallam UniversityUnit 6, Science ParkCity CampusHoward StreetSheffieldS1 1WB