How to complete MIT’s Check Marking Report Template 

Why Check-marking? 

• Check-marking ensures that the assessor’s marking of student work is consistent and fair 
• It focuses on checking the marking and not the assessment tool 
• It assures that the quality of our assessment and marking practices; therefore, we are better able to evaluate the capabilities of our graduates 
• Ensure marking is fair, consistent and accurate 
• Check-marking occurs in-between scheduled internal post-moderation of assessments. Essentially, if you are not conducting an internal post-moderation of your assessment(s), then you are check-marking. 

MIT’s moderation cycle follows and adheres to NZQA’s moderation cycle. Moderation consists of the following activities: 

• Internal and External pre-moderation 
• Internal and External post-moderation  
• Check-marking 

MIT’s moderation process assures that our assessment, learning and teaching, and our courses and programmes are of a high calibre, deserving of a Category 1 Provider, and supports meaningful learning towards tauira (student) success.  

How to access and download our MIT Internal Pre-Moderation Report template 

1. Go to MITNet>Academic Centre>Teaching and Assessment>Assessment>Moderation 
2. Next download the Check-Marking Report Template found under Documents (see image below) 

How to complete MIT’s Check Marking Report template 

Completing our MIT Check Marking Report template is straightforward. The aim is for all moderation outcomes to be ticked YES. Nevertheless, the moderator ensures that the assessment and the learner samples have been marked according to the rubric / judgement criteria / marking guide. 

Section 1 
The assessor/programme staff is/are responsible for populating Section 1. 

• Assessment name 
• Course/standard code and tittle 
• Programme code and tittle 
• School 
• Assessor/s 
• Date of the assessment 
• Materials provided to the check-marker 

Section 2 
The assessor/programme staff is/are responsible for populating Section 2.  

• Check-marker/s 
• Date of check-marking 

Requirements and Materials to provide to the Moderator 

MIT requires the following moderation items (see below) to be sent to the moderator for check-marking: 

1. A blank assessment tool/schedule i.e., the assessment itself  
2. Instructions to students 
3. Assessment model answer and/or judgement statement 
4. Samples of student work (including supporting evidence e.g., photos, videos, poster, etc.) 
5. Minimum 3 samples (and outliers may be included) 
6. Achievement-based assessments will require high, middle and low 
7. Competency-base assessments (i.e., unit standard assessments) will require (preferably) all achieved/competent 
8. Any other relevant information and/or Notes to the moderator (if applicable)  

Completing Section 3 Check-Marking Outcomes 

Section 3 is completed by the moderator. This section includes: 

• The overall mark or judgement made against the learning outcome(s) or standard (if unit standard assessment) 
• Overall decision made by the assessor follows the criteria in the assessment schedule/model answer or judgement statement and in assigning marks/grades 
• Sufficient constructive feedback is given to students to justify marks/grades/judgements 
• Marks are allocated and calculated correctly 
• Overall, assessor judgements/marking is fair and consistent. 

All categories must be ticked Yes to PASS Check Marking.

Any ticks No and any issues with the assessor’s marking of students’ work will result in a failed Check Marking.  

What to do when the check-marker/moderator has ticked ‘No’ (refer to AC 4.3 Moderation Procedure) 

• A professional conversation between the assessor and check-marker, to come to an agreement regarding acceptable marking standards 
• If yes, and an acceptable marking standard between the assessor and check-marker can be obtained, then results (i.e., the student mark) can be amended  
• If no, then the Head of School can determine the outcome 
• For complete details regarding failed check-marking and moderation, please refer to AC 4/3 Moderation Procedures 

For Unit Standard Assessment(s) 

For Achievement-based assessments, this section is not required. 
For Competency-based/unit standard assessments, complete this section and confirm that the version of the unit assessed is the same as the version of the unit standard in the SMS: 

• Indicate the unit standard number and version number as printed on the assessment 
• Indicate the unit standard number and version number in the SMS 

Lastly, please provide any general comments and under General Comments section (see image below).