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This is covered in section H2 of Ofqual’s General Conditions of Recognition.  \nIn most centre-assessed components, a sample of work from each centre is provided to a moderator, byway of digital submission or a centre visit. The moderator’s primary role is to report on a centre’s interpretation of the published assessment criteria and to compare their marks (referred to as moderator marks) with the original centre marks. Depending on the variance between the centre marks and the moderator marks, centres can review on Results Day whether their marking in a particular component was accepted without change or whether adjustments were made. This is a vital part of the awarding process, ensuring all learners are treated fairly by being judged against the same standard, with any adjustments made to the centre marks being necessary to bring centres’judgements in line with the national standard.  \nSampling  \nWithin the centre cohort, it is not always possible to submit work covering all learners for moderation. Instead, centres are asked to provide a sample of work for some learners. The sample is employed as representative of the marking standard within the centre and to determine whether a teacher-assessor(s) is marking learners atthe required standard, against the published assessment criteria. It is important to note that no individual or sampled learner marks are changed based on the moderated sampling outcome, instead the sample is used to indicate whether (if any) adjustment is necessary for the centre as a whole and to determine the size and scale of the adjustment that needs to be applied.  \nThe size of the sample required is determined by the size of the cohort entered for the component atthe centre.  \n\n| Cohort Size | Sample Size Required | Sub-Sample | Full Sample | Extended Sample |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Up to 5 | All | All | All | All |\n| 6-10 | All | 5 | All | All |\n| 11-15 | All | 6 | 10 | All |\n| 16 – 100 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 15 |\n| 101-200 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 20 |\n| More than 200 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 25 |\n\nThe sample is selected randomly but should generally consist of work from learners with a range of marks, includingthe highest and lowest scoring work in the cohort. For further information on the NEA submission, visit the following webpage  Edexcel Online – Submitting Marks.  \nOnce the sample of work is submitted, the moderator will first look at part of the sample, known as the Sub-Sample. If the moderator agrees with the centre’s marks, within the specified tolerance (described below) for all the work in the sub-sample, then no further work isto be moderated. This means that no change is madeto the centre’s marks, resulting in centre marks being used as the final marks for each learner in a particular component, for results issued.  \nHowever, if the moderator finds that any of the marks in the Sub-Sample are outside of the specified tolerance, then they would be required to moderate the Full Sample as shown in the table above. After moderating the Full Sample, adjustments to the centre’s marks maybe made using the regression method outlined further below in this document.  \nIn most cases , the Full Sample of work will be sufficient to determine the size and scale of the adjustment that needs to be applied. However, in exceptional circumstances where an adjustment cannot be calculated fairly from the sample, due to an extreme ran","cbCaibs4BgfziSJ7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibs4BgfziSJ7","pdf",196378,"English","# Introduction\n# Sampling\n# Tolerance\n# Example/Scenario\n# The Regression Process – Calculating Adjustments\n# Results\n# Summary","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of moderation for centre-assessed coursework?\",\"answer\":\"Pearson moderates marks submitted by centres for internally assessed components to ensure judgments align with the national standard and learners are treated fairly. 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