4.1 Standardisation of Marking For example, a group of markers all independently mark a sample of pieces of student work and compare and discuss the outcomes in order to establish that all markers are applying the agreed criteria consistently. Following the activity, the markers continue to mark student work in the normal way. Marking standardisation exercises such as this should be used in addition to moderation/second marking.

4.2 Moderation by Review / Audit of a Sample Moderation may be limited to the review / audit of a sample of a representative number of pieces of assessed work across the marking range from a cohort of students. The role of the moderator in this is to check that first marking has been carried out correctly that mark schemes have been properly applied and that the total mark is arithmetically correct for a sample of student work.


4.3 Second Marking is where a second mark is allocated to a piece of work by a second internal marker. Second marking may either be carried out blind (where the second marker does not have access to the marks and comments of the first marker) or sighted (where the second marker can view the marks and comments of the first marker). In blind second marking both markers record their marks and feedback separately and then compare marks and resolve differences to produce an agreed mark and feedback.