How can teachers ensure that their SBA assessments are fair?
The community and parents will probably worry that teachers will favour particular students and downgrade others. Teachers are human and may be influenced by preconceptions in their initial judgments of students. If a teacher thinks that a student is good, he/she may go into the assessment expecting to give that student high marks. There are prejudices which may affect the initial marking, but this is why teachers should discuss students’ samples of performance with other S4 teachers to ensure objectivity and standardization. This kind of sharing and monitoring of individual judgments is a centrepiece of SBA.
