Qualifications Update:Higher Art and DesignQualifications Update:Higher Art and Design

Key Messages

• Provides progression from National 5 Art and Design

• Develops an increased depth and complexity of knowledge, understanding and skills

• Offers personalisation and choice • Provides flexibility

Course Structure

Two units:Art and Design: Expressive Activity (Higher)Art and Design: Design Activity (Higher)Internally assessed by centres Externally verified by SQA Pass/Fail

Course Assessment

• Portfolio, marked by SQA (160 marks)• Question paper, marked by SQA

(60 marks)Both Portfolio and Question Paper

contribute to final grade

• Use valid and reliable assessments- SQA-produced Unit Assessment Support Packs- Centre devised assessments that have been prior verified- Your own assessments – strongly advise you have these prior verified

• Marking of assessments- SQA packs are designed on a pass/fail basis- Use Judging Evidence Tables to make assessment judgments against Assessment

Standards- Judging Evidence Tables have commentary on how to meet each Assessment Standard- A task/activity can meet most or all of the Unit Outcome and Assessment Standards- Indicate on candidate’s work that Unit Assessment Standards have been met

• Unit Assessment complementing learning and teaching- Unit Assessment is open and flexible- Assessment should allow you space to prepare for Added Value/Course Assessment

Key messages Key messages from Verification (Round 1)

Assessment Support Schedule 2013/14 Assessment Support Schedule 2013/14

Sept 13 CfE Update Letter

Oct 13 Unit Assessment Support (Package 1)

Feb 14 Unit Assessment Support (Package 2)

Feb 14 Higher Specimen Question Paper

Mar 14 Coursework General Assessment Information

Apr 14 Unit Assessment Support (Package 3)

May 14 Update Mandatory Documents

Jun 14 Update Unit Assessment Support

Art and Design Unit Assessment

at Higher

Art and Design Unit Assessment

at Higher

Unit assessment - recapUnit assessment - recap• Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence

Requirements in Units

• Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment – encouraged

• Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one outcome or Unit – combined assessments

• More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching

Unit Assessment Support purpose Unit Assessment Support purpose

As at National 5, Assessment Support will be provided which you can use to:

•Assess your candidates

•Adapt for your own assessment programmes

•Help you develop your own assessments

Unit Assessment Support at HigherUnit Assessment Support at Higher – key features – key features

• Valid from August 2014

• 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

• Give information on the type of evidence which could be gathered

Unit assessment support Unit assessment support packages at Higher - approachespackages at Higher - approaches

Package 1 • Unit by Unit approach – a discrete assessment task for each

Unit (2D context)

Package 2 • Unit by Unit approach – a discrete assessment task for each

Unit (3D context)

Package 3 • Portfolio approach – naturally occurring evidence

Assessment Support Package 1Assessment Support Package 1• Unit by Unit approach (Appendix 1 - 2D contexts)

• Judging Evidence Table describes the standard of evidence and the success criteria for a Unit pass (all Outcomes/assessment standards)

• An assessment task is provided in Appendix 1. This can be adapted by centres as long as the standard is maintained

• Additional information is provided on assessment conditions and evidence to be gathered.

Art and Design Higher Course Assessment

Art and Design Higher Course Assessment

Course Assessment at HigherCourse Assessment at Higher• Course Assessment at National 5, Higher and

Advanced Higher assesses Added Value

• Courses at Higher are normally assessed by one or two Components

• Courses at Higher are graded A – D, as at present

• Controlled Assessment of setting, conducting and marking

• For Art and Design there are two Components – a portfolio and a question paper

Higher – PortfolioHigher – Portfolio• Set by centres within SQA guidelines• Conducted under some supervision and

control• Submitted to SQA for marking• Equally weighted portfolio of practical art and

design work (160 marks – 80/80)

• The focused development of a single line of enquiry (expressive and design)

Higher – PortfolioHigher – Portfolio• Three stages – development, final art work/design

solution, evaluation. • The development stage shows the creative starting point

and the further development of a single line of enquiry. • This development work will be used to then produce a

final piece of expressive art and a design solution showing the creative realisation of the ideas

• Candidates will then evaluate both their final piece of art work and their design solution

• The Higher Art and Design Assessment Task and General Assessment Information documents list the specific assessment criteria for the portfolio and provide mark breakdowns for each stage of the portfolio.

Higher – Question PaperHigher – Question Paper• Set and marked by SQA• Conducted in centres under conditions specified for external

examinations by SQA • Two equally weighted Sections (Expressive Art/Design Studies) • 60 marks in total (30 /30)• Extended response answers• Candidates will complete two question s (from a choice of four)

in each section of the paper• Questions 1 and 2 are based on responding to an image (10

marks)• Questions 3 and 4 are designed to assess candidate’s

knowledge of art /design work and practice and the contexts which influence it (20 marks)