Assessment Panel on GE

Assessment Panel on GE

Terms of Reference

• To propose policies on the matters contained in this policy paper (e.g. peer assessment) for approval by the Senate Committee on General Education;
• To monitor and ensure fairness and honesty in all assessment work;
• To review comments provided by programme review panels;
• To review and define grade descriptors as and when necessary;
• To endorse course assessment schemes;
• Be responsible for the quality of examination/ test papers. For example, for each course, a colleague within the department/ programme could be appointed as an internal reviewer to independently check the paper and model answer/ marking scheme;
• To approve grade boundaries and the assignment of grades recommended by teachers;
• To arrange make-up examination/ assessment for students who have been given approval to be absent from examination/ assessment;
• To endorse requests submitted by teachers for change of marks or grades upon appeal by students, and to help resolve any informal complaints thereon;
• To ensure that reasonable effort is undertaken to monitor and uphold academic honesty in all assessments; and
• Any other duties as determined by the Senate Committee on General Education.

Membership