Pilot Centre Themed Conversation: Grading (21 March 2023)

 

1. Please state what your role is in the NextGen HN pilot:

 

2. If you are making overall qualification grading judgements this summer, do you feel on track in terms of grading your students?
Please rate from 1-5, where 5 is completely on track.

 

3. If you don't feel on track, please say why here:

 

4. How confident do you feel using the grading rubric/grading matrix to make judgements on student evidence?
Please rate from 1-5, where 5 is most confident.

 

5. If you don't feel confident, please say why here:

 

6. What type of evidence do you expect to use to support your grading judgements, and how have you tracked this evidence?

 

7. How have meta-skills been reflected in your delivery and assessment decisions?

 

8. Do you have a clear vision of what an Achieved, Achieved with Merit or Achieved with Distinction learner looks like, for your qualification?
Please rate from 1-5, where 5 is a completely clear vision.

 

9. If you don't have a clear vision of what an Achieved, Achieved with Merit or Achieved with Distinction learner looks like, please say why here:

 

10. What are the main differences between grading on the graded unit, and whole qualification grading on the pilot?

 

11. One of the purposes of the new approach to grading is to avoid the focus on the final grading unit at the expenses of other parts of the course – do you think this has been successful?

 

12. Do you have any other comments about any aspect of the pilot?