From the Leader of Operations – Luke Reynolds

Trial HSC Business Studies Pilot Marking at OLM Burraneer

OLM Burraneer recently hosted teachers from across the Sydney Catholic Schools network for a Trial HSC Business Studies pilot marking session.

The goals of the session included:

• Coming to a collective understanding – Establishing common understandings of benchmark A-E grade scripts
• Engaging in moderation – Ensuring fairness and consistency as to how CSSA Trial HSC exam paper is marked across the SCS network. 
• Networking – Creating opportunities for teacher professional networks sharing of ideas, practices and resources.

I was the lead facilitator of the session providing expertise to HSC Business Studies teachers on how to interpret the intentions of Trial HSC exam questions, how to apply the marking criteria to student responses and establishing benchmarks for determining marks for various sections of the exam paper.

The day was very successful as this rigorous assessment moderation practices helped to ensure consistency in teacher judgements of student work within and between schools across the Sydney Catholic Schools system.

Thank you to the support staff at the School for their assistance in the lead up to the event, ensuring that our guests were made to feel welcome at OLM.

Mr Luke Reynolds

Acting Leader of Operations and Administration

Luke Reynolds, Instructional Leader of Curriculum – HSIE