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Eintrag vom: 16.03.2013.

The effective management of the assessment and moderation processes are essential to ensure the relevance quality and consistency of all activities relating to the assessments and moderation of the learning programme.

 

According to the Curriculum and Policy Statement (CAPS) for Senior Phase Natural Sciences moderation should be used to indicate the need for further development of teaching. Moderation allows teachers to assess the quality of their teaching and identify areas that need improvement.

 

The policy document National Protocol for Assessment Grades R ? 12 which standardises the recording and reporting processes for Grades R ? 12 within the framework.

 

To summarize formal tasks are the key area where moderation is emphasized in CAPS to uphold assessment integrity. 4 This ensures that assessments are valid fair reliable and sufficient providing a dependable basis for evaluating student performance and guiding future teaching strategies.

 

Moderation is vital even for informal or alternative assessments like a forum activity because it safeguards the integrity of the assessment process. It ensures that marks awarded are reliable fair and comparable across different learners and potentially different teachers within the school.