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This guidance was published in the document Collecting evidence to support schoolassessed grades. These three pieces of work will form the evidence schools will use to decide school-assessed grades.  \nThere are five steps to our recommended process for deciding school-assessed grades, which are outlined in this document under the following headings:  \n•  Step One: Internal standardisation  \n•  Step Two: Marking individual pieces of evidence  \n•  Step Three: Internal moderation  \n•  Step Four: Deciding grades for individual pieces of evidence  \n•  Step Five: Deciding grades for complete portfolios  \nThe guidance in this document applies to both school candidates and private candidates.  \nAt the end of this document, Appendix A outlines the published grades available at individual component level and for an overall syllabus grade, for each of our qualifications. Appendix B shows some different ways that teachers could choose to weight different pieces of evidence and decide on a final grade.  \nStep One: Internal standardisation When to carry out internal standardisation  \nInternal standardisation is a process that takes place at the beginning of marking to make sure all teachers involved in marking the work (markers) agree to apply the mark scheme in the same way.  \nInternal standardisation is only required if more than one teacher is marking the work, if multiple candidates have carried out the same task, and if the work has not yet been marked . You should record details of how markers standardised their marking in the Rationale Document.  \nIn cases where work was completed earlier in the course and has already been marked, it is possible that more than one teacher applied the same mark scheme but the teachers did not standardise their marking. This is acceptable and the work can still be included in portfolios. However, you should still include this work in internal moderation where appropriate (see Step Three) and you should record the fact that the marking has not been standardised in the Rationale Document.  \nHow to carry out internal standardisation  \nWe recognise that the process of internal standardisation may vary depending on the type of evidence being marked, and that existing departmental processes may be the most appropriate and effective in some cases. We therefore encourage you to adopt a process that best fits your circumstances, using your collective professional judgement to agree the best approach. In support of this, we recommend that you include some or all of the following methods:  \n• Read through the question paper (or other task instructions) together, making sure all markers understand the demands of each question or task and have an opportunity to ask questions and resolve any uncertainties.  \n• Work through the mark scheme together, making sure all markers understand the marking criteria and how to apply them. As part of this process, you may find it helpful to review generic marking principles, agree the definitions of phrases within levels-based mark schemes , identify lists of acceptable and/or unacceptable responses to points-based questions , and note any other relevant points for consideration.  \n• Where other support materials are available (e.g. Example Candidate Responses, Specimen Answers), work through these together to make sure all markers understand how the marks have been awarded.  \n• Make copies of a sample of responses from your own school and distribute a copy of each response to all markers. Each marker should mark these independently, before comparing and discussing their marking with the rest of the group. 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