Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs

National 3 and 4 Business National 5 Business Management

Unit Assessment

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 (gather as you go)

Unit Structure

National 3Business

National 4Business

National 5Business

ManagementBusiness in Action Business in Action Understanding

Business

Influences on Business

Influences on Business

Management of People and Finance

Management of Marketing and

Operations

Key points: Business Units

Standards remain the same but minimum competence is all that is required in Units

Although no direct hierarchical Unit structure there is overlap/cross-over between N4/5

Units provide progression from National 3 to Higher National 4 Business has added value assessment that

increases personalisation and choice National 5 has a coursework assignment that

increases personalisation and choice

Unit Assessment Support Packages - purposeUASPs can be used to:

•Assess your candidates

•Adapt for your own assessment programmes

•Help you develop your own assessments

Unit Specifications

National 5 Business Management: Understanding Business

Outcome 1 Give an account of the key objectives and activities of small to medium sized business organisations.

This outcome covers 3 separate assessment standards

Outcome 2 Apply knowledge and understanding of the factors that impact on the activities of small to medium sized business organisations.

This outcome covers 3 separate assessment standards

Unit Specifications

Evidence Requirements for this Unit:Assessors should use

–professional judgement, –subject knowledge and experience, –understanding of their learners

to determine the most appropriate ways to generate evidence and the conditions and contexts in which they are used.

UASPs – 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

UASPs forN3, N4 and N5 Package 1 - Unit by Unit approach

Package 2 - Unit by Unit approach

Package 3 - Combined approach

Package 4 – Portfolio approach (gather as you go)

Judging Evidence

Workshop 1

Gathering and Judging Evidence for UnitsIn groups you will work through the worksheets on the table

National 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: Business Assignment

Focus on extending and applying skills and KU acquired during course

Candidates will research and communicate findings on a business-related topic – topic will be chosen with teacher support

There are 5 Assessment Standards but in presenting their findings (1.4), candidates will automatically have completed all other Assessment Standards

Internally marked pass or fail

Workshop 2

Gathering and Judging Evidence for Units