There are two ways you can set grade boundaries or cut scores on your judging:


1. Include scripts with a known standard in your judging

2. Consider the rank order of scripts after you have finished, and set standards against those scripts


Whichever method you use, you should only set standards once. After you have set standards you should link standards on your judging tasks by selecting samples of previously judged work to add to new tasks and anchor those new tasks to the old tasks.


1. Including scripts with a known standard


  • If you have exemplar scripts you can include these in your judging. Ideally these scripts should not be familiar to judges, otherwise they are likely to lead to biases in the judging. 
  • You should always include more than one script for a grade boundary. 
  • When you have finished judging, for each boundary, look up the true score for the script judged the worst of those boundary scripts.
  • Add the true score of that script as a level on the levels tab.
  • Save the levels and all the scripts will be graded.


2. Judging standards against the completed rank order


  • After you have finished judging, estimate what proportion of scripts you would expect to meet each grade or cut-off using previous experience or statistical modelling.
  • For example, you may know that around half of the scripts are, on average, likely to pass.
  • Look down the rank order to scripts in that area and decide if you think they do indeed pass.
  • Find the lowest script that you think would pass and add the true score of that script as a level on the levels tab.
  • Save the levels and all the scripts will be graded.