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Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs
Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs
National 3, 4 and 5
Unit AssessmentUnit Assessment
Unit assessment as part of learning not after learning. Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across
more than one Unit or Outcome – combined assessments Flexible and open Evidence Requirements in Units Greater range of techniques and methodologies for
assessment – encouraged through Unit assessment support packages
More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching
Unit StructureUnit Structure
National 3 National 4 National 5
Scottish Scottish Scottish
British British British
European and World European and World European and World
Added Value Unit: Assignment
Key points: History UnitsKey points: History Units
Evidence is flexible, standards remain the same Feature the best approaches of the current History
Units Have a hierarchical Unit structure that provide
progression from National 3 to Higher Units prescribe skills only. Units have no required content only very broad
context. Outcome 1 is totally transferable between contexts. Outcome 2 is context but not content specific
Unit SpecificationsUnit Specifications
Unit Historical Study: British (National 5)
Outcome 2 Draw on and apply knowledge and understanding of British historical events and themes by:
Assessment Standards 2.1 Describing, in detail, and mostly accurately, a British historical event or theme
2.2 Explaining, in detail, a British historical event or theme
2.3 Analysing a British historical event or theme
Unit SpecificationsUnit Specifications
Evidence Requirements for this Unit: Assessors should use their professional judgement,
subject knowledge and experience, and understanding of their learners, to determine the most appropriate ways to generate evidence and the conditions and contexts in which they are used.
Evidence can take a number of different forms and may be a combination of practical, written, oral and/or recorded evidence, as appropriate to the assessment activity and the needs of the individual candidate.
Evidence may also be gathered for individual Outcomes where appropriate.
Unit SpecificationsUnit Specifications
In the assessment task presented (Appendix 1), the evidence to be gathered may include:
Candidates’ written responses Slides in support of an oral presentation Candidate’s visual product A photograph or recording of a visual product Candidates’ notes used to support an oral presentation Video/audio recording Assessor checklist Assessor observation notes
Unit Assessment Support Packages - purposeUnit Assessment Support Packages - purpose
UASPs can be used to:
• Assess your candidates
• Adapt for your own assessment programmes
• Help you develop your own assessments
UASPs – key featuresUASPs – key features
Valid from August 2013
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
Give information on the type of evidence which could be gathered and how this is to be judged against Assessment Standards
History UASPsHistory UASPs
Package 1 Unit by Unit approach N3, N4 and N5 Package 2 Combined approach across Units N3 and N4 and N5 Package 3 Portfolio approach across Units N3, N4 and N5
National 4 Added Value UnitNational 4 Added Value Unit
Makes the Course more than the sum of its parts Builds on current Course assessment and Group
Award approaches Defined as breadth, challenge and/or application
as outlined in Building the Curriculum 5 May involve accumulation, assimilation,
integration and/or application of skills, knowledge and understanding
Controlled assessment –setting, conducting and marking
N4 AV Unit: History AssignmentN4 AV Unit: History Assignment
Focus on challenge and application of History skills
Unit Specification and Unit Assessment Support package
Assesses skills in researching, which will include choosing a question, collecting evidence, organising, and preparation for the presentation of findings.
Assesses skills in presentation of findings Internally marked pass or fail
N4 AssignmentN4 Assignment
Controlled assessment
This assignment is: set by centres within SQA guidelines conducted under a high degree of supervision
and control Evidence will be internally marked by centre staff
in line with SQA marking instructions. Marking will be quality assured by SQA. The performance will be recorded.
Moving onMoving on
Workshop 1 and 2 will give you the opportunity to look at the Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packages in detail.