New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events History: Unit Assessment at Advanced Higher

Unit Assessment – Recap  Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence Requirements in Units  Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment  Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one Assessment Standard or Outcome  More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching

Unit Assessment Support Purpose As at Higher, Assessment Support can be used to: Assess your candidates Adapt for your own assessment programmes Help you develop your own assessments

Unit Assessment Support at Advanced Higher – Key Features Valid from August 2015 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 Requirements to pass Unit assessment are aligned with requirements of Course assessment (marking instructions)

Unit Assessment Support Packs 1 – 3 Pack 1 Historical Study - discrete assessment task in the context of Germany from Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918 – 1939 Researching Historical Issues - Portfolio approach Pack 2 Historical Study – discrete assessment task in the context of Britain at War and Peace, 1938 to 1951Br Pack 3 Historical Study – Portfolio approach

Assessment Support Example Pack 1 consists of two documents: 1.Historical Study - discrete assessment task in the context of Germany from Democracy to Dictatorship Researching Historical Issues - Portfolio approach Each document includes:  advice on task/prompts  examples of candidate responses  advice/examples of using evidence to meet multiple Assessment Standards

Unit Assessment Pack 1 1. Historical Study Task, in the context of Germany from democracy to dictatorship, 1918 – 1939 Exemplifies one way of adapting the task prompts into a different context Exemplifies minimum competence to pass Unit assessment Judging Evidence Table includes examples of appropriate candidate responses Advice on re-assessment, conditions, judging evidence etc, consistent with National 3 – Higher

Unit Assessment Pack 1 2. Researching Historical Issues  Develops the skills necessary for the dissertation  Some evidence for this Unit may come from dissertation  Some evidence will come from discrete learning activities focussing on developing research skills  Portfolio based approach  Advice on meeting each Assessment Standard

Unit Assessment Pack 1 2. Researching Historical Issues (continued)  Very similar demands in related Social Subjects, in this Unit  Potential for cross-disciplinary learning of research skills  Renewed focus on the importance of developing the skills needed to complete coursework  Avoiding over-assessment – one piece of evidence may meet multiple Assessment Standards  Dissertation will not provide sufficient evidence for Unit assessment

Workshop 1 Unit Assessment Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2- 3, discuss:  Identify subject-specific topics for discussion Workshop Aims  To understand the assessment and evidence requirements of Unit Assessment  To consider a range of ways of generating evidence for the Unit Assessment Support provided Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss:  Definitions of skills and descriptions of minimum competence  Avoiding over-assessment (e.g. using one piece of evidence to meet multiple Assessment Standards)  Renewed focus on the Researching Unit – what will this mean for your practice?

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