Years 11 and 12 Moderation

Senior Secondary Provision organise Moderation for Year 11 and 12 teachers. Teachers from Government, Catholic and Independent schools meet twice each year.

Moderation provides a state-wide opportunity for teachers to share expertise and build confidence that achievement standards are consistently understood. This supports consistency across the state regardless of the sector, class, subject or school.

Expected outcomes from moderation meetings:

• improve teacher understanding and consistency in their approaches to making judgements against the standards for the course
• enhance student learning outcomes as this understanding is applied to student feedback
• enable teachers to engage in structured conversation to articulate evidence of student learning in work samples at a point in time
• give teachers the opportunity to compare how they derived their own ratings with colleagues from different schools with a range of learners.

Assist schools in meeting the TASC Regulatory requirement for providers:

As required through legislation (Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification Act 2003), Senior Secondary providers wishing to receive certification of TASC accredited senior secondary courses must meet all Standards.

This includes the mandatory requirement by all providers to conduct internal moderation.

Standard 5 Provision of TASC – Accredited Senior Secondary Courses reads:

‘Course providers will have effective and documented procedures to ensure comparability of the interpretation and application of course standards to the evidence of student work.’

2025 Moderation Date

• Friday, 6 June

NOTE: Cross-sectoral statewide Senior Secondary Moderation will transition to one day per year, commencing in 2025.
From 2025, Years 11 and 12 Moderation Day will align with the K-10 Moderation and will be held on Friday 6 June 2025.
This change is a result of extended negotiations and feedback from schools, unions and families. An updated Moderation schedule will be available later in Term 4 (2024).