Qualifications Update:English

Qualifications Update:English

Developing qualifications Developing qualifications - drivers- drivers• Progression – provide progression from Es & Os and maximise

continuity between levels • More open and flexible requirements – fewer, broader

outcomes, more focus on skills• Assessment which supports learning - open evidence

requirements – choice of assessment approaches – opportunities for combined assessment

• Refreshed and relevant contexts for learning, providing challenge and enjoyment

• Personalisation and Choice – in content/contexts for Units - Added Value Unit at National 4 – coursework assessment at National 5

• Robust and credible – current high standards in qualifications will be maintained

CfE Levels

early years

1

2

3

4 SCQFLevels

12

3

4

Continues to 12

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Relationship between CfE and SCQF LevelsRelationship between CfE and SCQF Levels

Courses and Units•Unit Outcomes are skills based and provide flexibility and choice through range of texts and contexts•Reading and listening skills – developed in contexts of literature, language and media•Talking and writing skills – flexibility to combine with other skills where appropriate •Combines the best aspects of current English qualifications

Added Value at National 4•N4 - Has added value assessment that provides personalisation and choice in an Assignment

Key pointsKey points

Key pointsKey points

Course Assessment at National 5•Reading for analysis and evaluation – more open questions and Marking Instructions more holistic•critical reading – critical essay in Section 1; Scottish texts extract in Section 2•Portfolio – 2 pieces of writing - 2 different genres

Unit StructureUnit Structure

National 3 National 4 National 5

English: Understanding Language

English: Analysis and Evaluation

English: Analysis and Evaluation

English: Producing Languge

English: Creation and Production

English: Creation and Production

Literacy Literacy

PLUS Added Value unit - Assignment

New Quality Assurance arrangementsNew Quality Assurance arrangements• Will cover new National 1 to National 5 from 2013/14

• New arrangements will promote shared understanding of national standards through a collaborative and partnership approach

• New ‘Nominee’ role - provides a pool of nationally trained experts

• Intense verification in the first 3 years, then an intelligence led approach will be adopted

• Verification in Nov/Dec, Feb and Apr/May - allows for early identification of issues and support/guidance to be given

Assessment Support Schedule 2012/13 Assessment Support Schedule 2012/13

Oct 12 to Mar 13 N3 to N5 Unit Assessment Support (Package 1)

Feb 13 N3 to N5 Unit Assessment Support (Package 2)

Feb 13 N5 Specimen Question Paper

Apr 13 N3 to N5 Unit Assessment Support (Package 3)

Apr 13 N5 Specimen Coursework

Apr 13 N4 Added Value Assessment Support

English Unit Assessment

National 3 to National 5

English Unit Assessment

National 3 to National 5

Unit assessmentUnit assessment• Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence

Requirements in Units

• Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment – encouraged through Unit assessment support packages

• 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 Unit Assessment Support packages – purpose packages – purpose

Assessment support packages 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 Unit Assessment Support packages – key featurespackages – 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

Unit assessment support Unit assessment support packages - approachespackages - approaches

• Unit by Unit approach – discrete assessment tasks for each Unit (eg National 5 Analysis and Evaluation – reading and listening)

• Combined approach – groups Outcomes and Assessment Standards from different Units (eg National 3 listening and talking)

Assessment Package 1Assessment Package 1

- N3 – combined approach- N4 – combined approach- N5 – Unit-by-Unit- Contexts of literature, language and media

illustrated- Making assessment judgements- Assessment of Literacy at N3 and N4

Assessment Package 1Assessment Package 1Overview

National 3 National 4 National 5

Listening and talking

Reading and talking Analysis and Evaluation

Reading and writing

Listening and writing

Creation and Production

Literacy Literacy

Unit Assessment Support Package 1Unit Assessment Support Package 1stand-alone Literacy Unitstand-alone Literacy Unit

National 3 National 4 National 5Literacy – ‘Healthy Eating’

Literacy – ‘Healthy Eating’ Literacy – cross curriculum

English Added Value Assessments:

- National 5 Course Assessment- National 4 Added Value Unit

English Added Value Assessments:

- National 5 Course Assessment- National 4 Added Value Unit

Adding Value – National 4, Adding Value – National 4, National 5National 5

• Each Course at National 4 and National 5 includes assessment of Added Value

• For National 4, the added value is in an Added Value Unit - not graded

• For National 5, the added value is in the Course Assessment - graded A - D (as at present)

Added ValueAdded Value• 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

• Uses 7 defined assessment methods (there usually two of these)

Controlled AssessmentControlled Assessment• Where the assessment method is not a question paper,

SQA has introduced the concept of controlled assessment to ensure fairness and reliability

• 3 stages of assessment: Setting, Conducting, Marking the assessment

• Each will have a defined level of control: SQA-led activity, Shared responsibility between SQA and centres, Centre-led

• Subject-specific decisions, but mostly SQA-led activity in initial years

National 5 – National 5 – EnglishCourse Assessment

• Question Paper- Reading:– Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation– Critical Reading

• Critical essay• Scottish texts

• Portfolio- writing

National 5 – National 5 – EnglishQuestion Paper - Reading

• Two sections• Section 1: Reading for Understanding, Analysis

and Evaluation (30 marks)• Section 2: Critical Reading (40 marks)– Critical essay (20 marks)– Scottish text extract-based assessment (20 marks)

National 5 Question Paper – Critical National 5 Question Paper – Critical ReadingReading

• Critical essay : open and free choice of text(s)• Scottish texts :– Extract-based approach to assessment– Range of marks– Marks for wider knowledge of text(s) or writer– Set list – refreshed by SQA on regular basis

National 5 – National 5 – EnglishCoursework: Portfolio

• 30 marks in total• Two essays:– Creative writing– Discursive writing

• Similar to current Int 2 Writing

National 4 Added Value UnitNational 4 Added Value UnitEnglish National 4: AssignmentApply language skills to investigate a chosen topic from one of the following contexts: literature, language or media•reading: by selecting relevant information from at least two straightforward texts•talking or writing: by using straightforward language in a written or oral presentation•listening: by responding appropriately to questions