Why is standardization among teachers necessary if the HKEAA is going to moderate the marks statistically anyway?
If the HKEAA just compare school-based assessment with the public oral examination and take the result of the exam as if it is the ‘true’ indicator of the students’ oral language ability, then the purpose of having school-based assessment will totally be defeated. School-based assessment has been introduced because there are some things that cannot be assessed properly or comprehensively in an external assessment. It is very difficult for the students to give their best in a one-shot, short exam in an unfamiliar setting and with unfamiliar people. So a lot of students might actually do a lot better in school-based assessment than in the external exam. On the other hand, some students may not do enough work, so they do not perform well in school. They rush at the end and may do much better on the unseen task for which they do not have to put in as much work. Statistical moderation may change the mark range but will preserve the rank order of students in a school, so it is essential that
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