Moderation anytime, anywhere
proEMA™ is an independent educational consultancy specialising in school based assessment (SBA). The proEMA™ platform is a professional on-line collaborative moderation system supported by a range of assessment tools.
proEMA™ Moderation
The proEMA™ moderation system combines marking and moderation in one easy process putting the benefits of moderation within the reach of every teacher. proEMA™ delivers an efficient and effective form of moderation without the need to pack and post materials and attend meetings. Delivered over the web, it creates a secure and convenient environment for teachers to check consistency of marking and grades awarded. proEMA™ improves marker confidence.
The proEMA™ moderation system provides graphic representation of grades awarded with links to evidence in student work. proEMA™ reports are an ideal basis for further professional development and are supported by a range of other proEMA™ products and services for improving teachers' assessment skills.
If you can use a mouse you can use the proEMA™ moderation system
proEMA™ Assessment Community Forum
The proEMA™ assessment community forum is a professional learning community managed by experts. Members can interact with colleagues by reading and contributing comments and resources. Members suggest new threads and topics. Current topics include:
- support and training for the moderation tool
- assessment resources and task development
There are also special interest topics such as:
- Special Education
- Early Years Education
- subject areas such as Primary Science
- cluster and group discussions
proEMA™ Assessment Word Wiki
Writing standards descriptors requires careful consideration of language and vocabulary choices. proEMA™ supports by providing a 'wiki' style document that allows commentary and constant updating. proEMA™ assessment word wiki groups words and phrases around common criteria such as analysing, evaluating and communicating. Criteria in the proEMA™ assessment word wiki match those used in the
proEMA™ Assessment Builder. Each criterion is presented with an array of useful descriptive words and phrases. There are also accompanying notes about how to structure effective standards descriptors.
proEMA™ Assessment Builder
Development and implementation of high quality assessments is a pivotal step in the assessment process. The proEMA™ assessment builder simplifies what has traditionally been a complex and sometimes laborious chore by using a simple question and answer template that does most of the work for you. All you need to do is enter your answers to prompts and cues and the template will be completed and ready for download or printing as required.
proEMA™ Professional Development
The proEMA™ team provides professional development in customised and standard packages according to your needs. proEMA™ professional development packages are aligned with national and state-based professsional teacher standards. Recently presented sessions include:
- Standards based assessment -implications for assessment and reporting practice in schools.
- Raising the bar –closing the gap: Bringing together developments in standards based assessment for authentic rigorous teaching and learning in the contexts of literacy and numeracy across KLAs.
- Working with assessment standards for authentic rigorous teaching and learning.
Future plans also include self-paced online modules designed to suit members contexts and needs.
Join proEMA™
Joining proEMA™ is simple. Click on the Signup tab at the top of the
home page and fill in the details on the Signup page that appears.
Your e-mail address is your account name and must be the one that you will use to collect proEMA e-mails. For security purposes, only one member can use a selected e-mail.
Once you have submitted your details, you will receive an automated e-mail with information to help you activate your account. Follow these directions and you will be linked to your 'My proEMA™ platform' page. This is your home page and where you will have access for a week's trial of the proEMA™ suite of products. Information about subscription and payment options will also appear on your 'My proEMA™ platform' page. If you have any queries or comments or if you need help, contact us directly:
admin@proema.com.au
Collaboration with Teacher Training Australia (TTA)
06 April 2010
New proEMA professional development courses have been approved to run in conjunction with Teacher Training Australia (TTA). Two courses are offered for Term 3 and 4.
Essential assessment skills –an introductory level course about what works in well in planning and designing assessment .
Higher order thinking assessment - an extension level course about improving the detail and overall quality of assessment pieces and programs.
Visit the TTA website at: http://www.tta.edu.au/ for further information and registration details to be posted soon.
Re: IAEA 2010
23 March 2010
The 36th International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Annual Conference
will be held in Bangkok, Thailand.The theme for the conference is Assessment for the Future Generations.
For more information use this link to the conference website:http://www.iaea2010.com/index.php
Capstone Experiences and Their Uses in Learning and Assessme
23 March 2010
Associate Professor Stephen Hundley presented a stimulating workshop on Capstones at UQ this week. The assessment component was only small but it was interesting to see quite a degree of commonality between these and the Rich Tasks of New Basics. We have contacted him to seek further information and ideas and will keep you posted.
Re: Community forum online -2010
11 January 2010
Best wishes to all for the New Year. It's a quiet time for schools but we have lots planned for 2010. The proEMA assessment builder should be ready soon and we have a new PD presentation prepared and ready to go. Contact us on any of the usual addresses and numbers if you are looking for a fresh way to reinvigorate your assessment agenda
Re: Wiki online
09 October 2009
Our newest resource, the proEMA assessment word wiki is up and running. The wiki format allows interaction and updating that is essential for working with educational standards so make sure you use it to the full by getting in there and adding your suggestions.
It will take a little while to post a wide range of language for criteria and standards descriptors but we'll be working hard to add something every day. Of course, we know from the outset that it will always change and grow so help us out if you can.
Re: Conference news
14 September 2009
Welcome to new members from the Education Show. We are delighted to see so many joining as a result of visits to our demonstrations over the last couple of days. The new look and feel that we created for the show will be be migrated to all proEMA pages over the next few days. As always, we thrive on your feedback so let us know if you like the changes or if there's something else you would like to see in the proEMA community.
Yeronga trial project -Consistency of judgment in the middle
This new thread has been created for discussion about the Yeronga State High School trial project.
The purpose of the trial...
Re: proEMA assessment builder
We will have the on-line version of the proEMA assessment builder available soon and have prepared a PD package to support th...
Re: Special Education Assessment -desciptors with graphics
The attachment provides an example of a version of criteria and standards descriptors that utilizes graphical images to help ...
Re: Special Education Assessment -Special rich tasks
Here is a link for the Special Rich Tasks that were developed as part of the New Basics research trial:
Visit the Community to read more...
