It is clear that individual lecturers judge work on a subjective basis when they assess the written work of students and this concern raises questions about whether the assessment procedures are reliable or not.
Clearly, individual lecturers make subjective judgments when assessing students’
written work and this raises questions about the reliability of assessment procedures.
Reliability means that individual lecturers are consistent in the marking of students’ work and also that they are consistent with each other in marking a piece of work.
Reliability refers to the consistency in marking by individual lecturers as well as consistency between lecturers for a piece of work.
When we analysed the findings that were presented above we discovered a number of important issues and questions.
A number of important issues and questions emerge from an analysis of the findings presented above.