Assessment Information
“The principles of Curriculum for Excellence apply to assessment in a way that achieves coherence across experiences and outcomes, learning and teaching and assessment practice” (Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2010).
Assessment is an essential part of learning and teaching as it gives a picture of a child’s progress and identifies future areas of learning.
Learners should be engaged in their learning and assessment and should be given some choice in showing how they achieved the outcomes.
The assessment section of the LTS website gives details about assessment in the new curriculum, including support materials and assessment resources.
Sharing practice
Sharing practice resources on LTS provides links to many examples of good practice in schools in Scotland.
At present the emerging resources are in development and are likely to change once they have been through a quality control process. Suitable materials will be published on the National Assessment Resource in September 2010.
Qualifications and examinations
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has provided support materials and documentation to help in the delivery of qualifications in schools.
Information present includes:
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qualifications available
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assessment guides
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assessment arrangements
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appeals information
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continuous professional development
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understanding standards, including information on course content and sample marking guidelines
At present they are developing new qualifications which will be used to support the new curriculum. More information can be found on the SQA website and specific information on subject areas is available
