1 / 8

KOÇ UNIVERSITY

KOÇ UNIVERSITY. Standardization Practices & Marker Training FOAI-3 @ Özyeğin University 2 1st March 2014 Melinda Moss- Șenel Koç University English Language Center (ELC). Midterms and Finals. Exams created by assessment committee with level coordinator/course leader feedback.

xiang
Download Presentation

KOÇ UNIVERSITY

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. KOÇ UNIVERSITY Standardization Practices & Marker Training FOAI-3 @ ÖzyeğinUniversity 21st March2014 Melinda Moss-Șenel Koç University EnglishLanguageCenter (ELC)

  2. Midterms and Finals • Exams created by assessment committee with level coordinator/course leader feedback. • All instructors teaching the course take the exam the week prior and decide acceptable answers. The finalized answer key is mailed after the exams conclude. • Exam proctoring guidelinesare sent a day before theexams. • Norming for productive assessment for the midterm and final is done by level. • Additional in-class assessments are often left to course leader and instructor discretion, within certain parameters. Some classes are task-based with no midterms or finals.

  3. PROFICIENCY EXAM KOÇ UNIVERSITY ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM (KUEPE) ComponentWeight (%) Reading 20 Use of English 20 55% Listening 15 Reading-into-Writing25 Speaking 20 45%

  4. Training Exam Administrators for KUEPE Mockexams in fallandspring for the objectivesection of theexamand the writing section Exam proctoring guidelinesclarifying roles and responsibilities in normal and unexpected exam conditions are sent priortotheexams Experiencedsupervisor in eachroom KUEPEand curriculum connection

  5. Marker Training Speaking Sessions and Writing Sessions Min. of 3 short sessions/semester. Evaluation prior to the sessions. Session 1: All instructors (10 max/group) with a range of samples and scores from previous exams (or volunteers), with some scoring Session 2: All instructors with more practice samples from previous exams (or speaking volunteers) and justification of scores Session 3: Only for instructors scheduled to evaluate that part of the exam: core group, with other instructors rotated every year or so SPEAKING: Prior to exam, using samples WRITING: Following the exam using actual essays from that exam, to familiarize markers with the question and article

  6. Scoring Proceduresfor KUEPE Productive Sections

  7. THANK YOU!  Questions?

More Related