Marking and Feedback Procedure
Objective
To ensure that teachers provide feedback, both in class and in the marking of students’ work, so that students are clear about how to improve and are given time and opportunity to act on and respond to the marking.
Procedure
All teachers are to assess students’ learning and progress frequently:
| Contact time | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 |
| 1 hour per week | Marking for literacy | WOW… NOW… HOW… | ||
| 2+ hours per week | Marking for literacy | WOW… NOW… HOW… | Marking for literacy | WOW… NOW… HOW… |
Guidance
Marking for literacy
Marking symbols to be used:
| O | Errors will be circled |
| SP | Spelling error |
| P | Punctuation error |
| E | Poor expression or grammatical error |
| // | New paragraph |
| L | Poor layout / presentation / no under-lining |
| ^ | Missing word / letter |
| TS | Topic specific language |
| P/PP | One tick – good idea Two ticks – very good idea |
WOW NOW HOW
Students should be provided with feedback in the following format:
WOW – What they have achieved or done well
NOW – Details of what has to been done to make progress
HOW – Guidance or instruction as to how to move forward
Student response
Students must be provided with opportunities to engage with and respond to marking and feedback using a green pen. This is to take place after WOW NOW HOW marking. The minimum expectation is 10 minutes during a lesson. When the students are responding to spelling errors teachers are to decide on the most appropriate strategy for individual students.
Pens
Marking and assessment has to be recording in the following way:
Red pen – Teacher marking
Green pen – Student response
Purple pen – Peer marking