Designing Fit for Purpose Mark Schemes

A comprehensive guide to designing fit for purpose mark schemes.

This course goes live on 31st October 2024.

This training will equip assessment professionals with the underpinning knowledge and techniques to begin to design and write fit-for-purpose mark schemes, that will increase the validity and reliability of educational assessment outcomes.

This course is aimed at anyone involved in the design and development of assessment materials.

Please note that course content will be available from 31st October

When you subscribe to this course you also get access to the ProAssess Item Writing Help Desk. A monthly drop in offering support from the ProAssess team.

Course Overview

This course looks at:

• Unit 1: The Purpose of Mark Schemes
• Unit 2: Threats to Mark Scheme Design
• Unit 3: Mark Scheme Structure
• Unit 4: Mark Scheme Design- In Practice

Unit 1:

Part 1: An introduction to mark scheme terminology

Part 2: The purpose of mark schemes in educational assessment

Unit 2:

Part 1: Validity and reliability

Part 2: Threats to assessment validity and reliability

Part 3: Threats specific to mark scheme design

Unit 3:

Part 1: Mark schemes- and the component parts

Part 2: Characteristics and features of a good mark scheme

Part 3: Selecting and appropriate marking approach

Unit 4:

Part 1: Mark scheme design- in practice

ProAssess Help Desk - Item Writing

Our training is designed to be flexible and accessible or you and your staff as and when you need it. But sometimes you want a person to talk to.

Our Designing Fit for Purpose Mark Schemes course comes with access to the ProAssess Item Writing Help Desk. These are monthly drop in sessions, held on Teams, during which you can ask us any questions in relation to the course content or item writing in general.

The Help Desk has a Telegram group where you can post any questions ahead of time, allowing us to plan the sessions. But you can also bring questions with you or even send them to us via email if you'd like to raise them anonymously.

Why Choose This Course?

• Expert Instruction: Learn from experienced professionals who understand the intricacies of EPA assessments and EPAO requirements.
• Hands-On Learning: Engage in practical exercises to enhance and embed your learning.
• Flexible and Accessible: Bitesize videos that you can access at your convenience.
• Share with your team: You get access to the course for a year for everyone in your organisation.
• ProAssess Help Desk: when you subscribe to this course you get access to our monthly Item Writing Help Desk allowing you to access advice and support from the ProAssess team.