Untitled - Umalusi

The subjects selected for moderation were:
Seven of the nine public assessment bodies participated in this process. The
Subject
1. English Additional Language
No. of moderators
Western Cape and Gauteng Provinces were excused because their marking
dates were outside Umalusi’s planned dates for the moderation of marking.
However, Gauteng sent their Physical Science scripts to Umalusi as they were
P1 + 3, HG and SG 3
2. Mathematics P1 and P2,
HG and SG 4
3. Physical Science P1 and P2,
HG and SG 4
4. Biology P1 and P2, HG and SG 4
5. History P1 and P2, HG and SG 4
6. Accounting, HG and SG 3
marking at the same time as Umalusi’s programme began.
2.3 On-site Moderation of Marking
Moderators were deployed to marking centres across all assessment
bodies to moderate a sample of 20 HG and 20 SG marked scripts.
Recommendations were provided to the Chief Marker and/or the Internal
Moderator, who in turn ensured that recommendations were implemented.
Moderation of the nationally examined subjects took place for 5 days
from the 28 November – 2 December 2005. Moderators remarked,
Eleven moderators were deployed to all eleven assessment bodies for
eleven subjects. The process took place over two days.
in certain cases the whole scripts, and in others remarked a sample of
questions only.
Feedback in the form of reports were sent to the
The table on the following page provides details of the assessment
assessment bodies on a daily basis in which recommendations for
bodies and subjects moderated.
improving marking were made to assessment bodies. Assessment bodies
were required to implement this feedback immediately where necessary.
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