Post on 13-Jan-2016
New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events History:
Unit Assessment at Advanced Higher
Unit Assessment – Recap Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence
Requirements in Units
Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment
Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one Assessment Standard or Outcome
More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching
Unit Assessment Support Purpose
As at Higher, Assessment Support can be used to:
•Assess your candidates
•Adapt for your own assessment programmes
•Help you develop your own assessments
Unit Assessment Support at Advanced Higher – Key Features
• Valid from August 2015
• Complements and supports learning and teaching
• Assess competence against Unit Outcomes and Assessment Standards
• Designed to encourage professional judgement
• Provide broad-based tasks – allow assessors to choose appropriate context and forms of evidence
• Show range of approaches to generating assessment evidence
• Requirements to pass Unit assessment are aligned with requirements of Course assessment (marking instructions)
Unit Assessment Support Packs 1 – 3
Pack 1 •Historical Study - discrete assessment task in the context of Germany from Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918 – 1939•Researching Historical Issues - Portfolio approach
Pack 2 •Historical Study – discrete assessment task in the context of Britain at War and Peace, 1938 to 1951Br
Pack 3 •Historical Study – Portfolio approach
Assessment Support Example
Pack 1 consists of two documents:
1.Historical Study - discrete assessment task in the context of Germany from Democracy to Dictatorship 1918 - 19392.Researching Historical Issues - Portfolio approach
Each document includes: advice on task/prompts examples of candidate responses advice/examples of using evidence to meet multiple Assessment Standards
Unit Assessment Pack 1 1. Historical Study
• Task, in the context of Germany from democracy to dictatorship, 1918 – 1939
• Exemplifies one way of adapting the task prompts into a different context
• Exemplifies minimum competence to pass Unit assessment
• Judging Evidence Table includes examples of appropriate candidate responses
• Advice on re-assessment, conditions, judging evidence etc, consistent with National 3 – Higher
Unit Assessment Pack 12. Researching Historical Issues
Develops the skills necessary for the dissertationSome evidence for this Unit may come from dissertation Some evidence will come from discrete learning activities focussing on developing research skillsPortfolio based approachAdvice on meeting each Assessment Standard
Unit Assessment Pack 12. Researching Historical Issues (continued)
Very similar demands in related Social Subjects, in this UnitPotential for cross-disciplinary learning of research skillsRenewed focus on the importance of developing the skills needed to complete courseworkAvoiding over-assessment – one piece of evidence may meet multiple Assessment StandardsDissertation will not provide sufficient evidence for Unit assessment
Workshop 1Unit Assessment
Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: Identify subject-specific topics for discussion
Workshop Aims To understand the assessment and evidence requirements of
Unit Assessment To consider a range of ways of generating evidence for the
Unit Assessment Support provided
Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss:
Definitions of skills and descriptions of minimum competence Avoiding over-assessment (e.g. using one piece of evidence to
meet multiple Assessment Standards) Renewed focus on the Researching Unit – what will this mean
for your practice?
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