Participation in a small group moderation (SGM) partnership is compulsory where a school has a projected number of fewer than six ATAR course examination candidates in an ATAR course. Details of this requirement are provided in Section 3.6 of
the WACE Manual.
All schools are required to register their participation or non-participation with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) using the questions below. If participating, then the details of all SGM partnerships in which your school is involved need to be recorded.
Please note that partner schools are required to:
- use an identical assessment outline (typically developed collaboratively)
- establish, agree to and use identical assessment tasks and marking keys
- conduct all assessment tasks under the same agreed conditions (or conditions that are as similar as possible)
- co-develop and document agreed marking strategies to ensure comparability of marking, which can include:
- one teacher marking a task from all students in all partner schools (i.e. rotating the marking of tasks between teachers)
- double-marking a task from all students or for selected students across the range of grades (i.e. both teachers independently marking the whole task or particular sections/questions, then discussing comparability, reviewing marks and making adjustments where required)
- co-marking a task (i.e. each teacher marking particular sections/questions for all students).
Online registrations are to be completed with final confirmation from the School Principal by
Thursday, 13 February 2025.
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