English Instrument Specific Marking Guide (ISMG) Breakdown
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This resource is designed for preservice teachers, graduate teachers, and any other teacher who is learning how to mark ISMGs for General English under the new QCE system.
This PowerPoint has a total of 40x slides covering the following topics:
Definition and explanation of what ISMGs are and how are they used.
Objectives used in ISMGs.
Criteria used in ISMGs.
An explanation of each criteria.
A glossary of key terms (taken from the QCAA glossary).
An explanation of how to award numerical marks using ISMGs.
An explanation of "best fit".
4x different examples showing how to award marks (including clear and atypical patterns of evidence).
An explanation of how to award a letter mark to accompany the numerical mark.
3x different examples showing how to award a letter mark to accompany the numerical mark.
What are ISMGs?
Under Queensland Curriculum, teachers use ISMGs to make judgments about internal (school-based) assessments. Each internal assessment in a syllabus is accompanied by an ISMG.