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2. Purpose
The purpose of this report is to report on Umalusi’s quality assurance of
continuous assessment, moderation of marking, monitoring the conduct
of the Senior Certificate Examination as well as the moderation of
examination marks.
the 2005 Senior Certificate Examination with respect to the following:
The report covers each of the processes in different chapters. Each
• The salient findings from the external moderators’ reports, which are
synthesized, analyzed and used to make judgements on the standard
of the Senior Certificate Examinations.
• The quality and standard of continuous assessment across assessment
bodies.
• The quality and standard of marking the Senior Certificate
Examination among assessment bodies.
• The efficiency and effectiveness of processes for the conduct of the
Senior Certificate Examinations within assessment bodies.
• The moderation of marks during the standardization process.
• The recommendations for the improvement of assessment processes.
3. Scope of the report
This report covers all the five quality assurance of assessment processes
used by Umalusi to ensure that the Senior Certificate Examination is of the
chapter captures the salient findings with respect to each of the
processes, highlights some problem areas and ends by offering
recommendations for improvement. The report does not cover these areas
in great detail but it highlights salient observations on each of the
quality assurance processes.
4. Quality assurance of assessment processes
used by Umalusi
A brief outline of Umalusi’s quality assurance of assessment processes
and procedures used for the Senior Certificate Examination process
will help the reader to understand the rigor and extent of Umalusi’s
quality assurance function. This section aims to provide an overview of
the processes that are used to ensure the quality of the Senior
Certificate Examination.
required standard; namely, moderation of question papers, moderation of
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