6.8 Assessing something is not the same as measuring something

No matter how tightly specified the criteria for assessing a project, assessors will always find room to vary. One assessor's 58% will be another assessor's 49%

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This bundle addresses assessor inconsistency by de-coupling numeric grades from more qualitative assessments of the work. This provides justification for (and, it is to be hoped, a basis for agreement on) the grade awarded.

The way it works is that everyone who marks the project completes a form which asks the following questions, justifying the numeric mark(s) awarded. An example is:

Sample Form

These forms are then all returned to the assessor(s), and are used to inform their validation of the numeric mark(s) awarded. It works better if all assessors are involved.

It doesn't work with particularly strong-willed individuals who will mark according to their own private criteria whatever guidance is given.

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So: consider separating numeric from subjective grading, so that one type of information informs and enhances the other.