Examiners - At A Glance Guide
| Examiners | Moderators | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Examiners | Examiners | Senior Moderators | Moderators | |
| Chair of Examiners | Examiner | Moderator | ||
| Maintains the standard at subject level. | Marks candidates' scripts / responses to exam questions in accordance with a pre-defined mark scheme. | Reviews centres' assessment of candidates' work, in accordance with agreed criteria and procedures. | ||
| A teacher or former teacher with expertise in a subject. | Adheres to the Code of Practice and examination procedures. | |||
| Generally experienced senior examiners who have "come through the ranks" to take on additional duties. | ||||
| May have a deputy chair for ad hoc help. | ||||
| _________________________ | _________________________ | _________________________ | _________________________ | |
| Chief Examiner | Visiting Examiner | Visiting Moderator | ||
| Maintains the standard at specification or qualification level. | Examiners who visit centres to mark performance-based components, rather than scripts. | Moderates performance-based components. | ||
| Supervises principal examiners. | Checks a centre's marking of candidate performance, rather than moderating assessments marked by a centre. | |||
| Is a principal examiner or moderator for one unit within the specification. | ||||
| Reports to the chair of examiners. | ||||
| _________________________ | _________________________ | _________________________ | _________________________ | |
| Principal Examiner | Team Leader (examiner) | Principal Moderator | Team Leader (moderator) | |
| Maintains the standard at unit or component level. | Marks candidate scripts and guides and co-ordinates a team of examiners to ensure they are marking to the agreed standard. | Ensures units that are assessed by centres meet the required standards. | Moderates centre assessments and guides and co-ordinates a team of moderators to ensure they are moderating to the agreed standard. | |
| Acts as both lead assessment writer and lead examiner, unless the role is split. | Reports to chief examiner. | |||
| Reports to the chief examiner. | Larger subjects may also have an assistant principal moderator to share the load. | |||
| Larger subjects may also have an assistant principal examiner to share the load. | ||||
The Chair and Chief Examiner are responsible for maintaining standards across both examined and moderated units within a specification.