Health and Food Technology CPD Presentation

Objectives This presentation will help you to : understand the purpose of Verification prepare for Verification and know what to include when sending materials away for HFT Verification prepare to make valid and reliable assessment judgements for your Health and Food Technology candidates be aware of the Key Messages for Health and Food Technology from Round 1 view and discuss examples of Health and Food Technology candidate work be aware of the exemplification materials for Health and Food Technology available on-line

Purpose of Verification To ensure there is a consistent approach to assessment for Health and Food Technology To ensure that the national standards are being applied consistently across all schools/colleges To ensure that teachers/lecturers are using valid assessment approaches To ensure that teachers/lecturers are making valid and reliable assessment judgements To provide supportive feedback to Centres

Preparing for Verification Each Centre that is selected for verification will submit assessment evidence for 12 candidates from the different levels, however some Centres may only have one or two levels. The Centre can choose which Unit (or Units, in the case of a combined approach to assessment) to select for each level. It must be the same Unit for all candidates at any one level, but they can choose different Units for different levels. Minimum is one assessment judgement per candidate i.e. Pass or Fail.

What do you send away for Verification? Each candidate should have a Candidate Assessment Record completed to show the assessment judgement/s at this stage (Pass or Fail – do not write Interim as this is not a judgement) and WHY this has been made Each candidate should have a completed Flyleaf (sent from SQA when selected for Verification) Send away ASSESSMENT evidence only i.e. coursework, jotters, notes are NOT required You should include the assessment you have used with candidates – either a note of the Unit Assessment Support Pack you have used or a copy of the assessment you have devised which you may have sent for Prior Verification

Verification sample Centres are asked to include assessed candidate evidence that exemplifies a range of candidate performance and assessment judgements This may not be possible for all Centres

Making Assessment Judgements Remember that assessments are NOT end of Unit tests - they can be completed as part of the learning and teaching process All assessment evidence must be marked IN LINE with national standards – detailed in the Unit Specification with further guidance provided in the Unit Assessment Support Packs). Ensure that you have marked all candidate evidence. It should be clear WHY the candidate has passed or failed and WHERE this evidence can be found. Candidates need to pass ALL Assessment Standards in order to pass the Unit.

Internal Verification Centres must show evidence of their internal verification process e.g. Records of standardisation meetings, cross marking, consistent approaches to assessment, consistent assessment judgements, feedback to pupils.

3 possible Verification decisions ‘Accepted’ which means that : the approaches to assessment for all candidates are valid the assessment judgements for all candidates are in line with the Outcomes and Assessment Standards ‘Accepted*’ which means that overall the approaches to assessment and assessment judgements are in line with national standards (ie certification can proceed) but there are some recommended actions that relate to the approaches to assessment and/or the assessment judgements ‘Not Accepted’ which means that there is an issue at that level/s with: the approach to assessment; and/or the assessment judgements and that this warrants a hold being placed on certification until the the issue is addressed and resolved.

Key Messages General Points: The majority of Centres had used a valid approach to assessment for all candidates eg. they had used the relevant Unit Assessment Support Pack or a prior verified assessment to assess all candidates. The most commonly used approach to assessment was the Unit by Unit approach and a small number of Centres had used the UASP 2 (Portfolio Approach) for all candidates. A number of centres had used a centre-devised assessment approach which had not been prior-verified. It is strongly advised that centres submit significantly changed assessments for prior verification before using them with candidates Centres are advised that when devising or adapting assessment approaches it is not appropriate to make the candidate go beyond the required standard

Key Messages General Points: Good use had been made by many Centres of the assessment records for all candidates as these clearly show why the assessment judgements have been made. It is strongly advised that centres should follow this good practice if selected for Verification. For each candidate, Centres should make very clear at what point the assessment judgment has been made i.e. with a tick, commentary or stamp. This was unclear on a significant number of items of candidate work. If teachers do not wish to write on a candidate’s work then they should add a commentary that clearly shows why the candidate has passed or failed and make a specific note relating to the candidate’s work e.g. Food for Health outcome 1.1: the candidate has passed this outcome as their benefits to health for fruit and vegetables, fat and carbohydrates are detailed and correct, but their description for sugar is insufficient at N5 level. Centres should encourage candidates to give the correct depth of answer e.g. some candidates had listed and described, but not explained as is required at National 5 in some outcomes.

Key Messages Food for Health Unit Outcome 1.1 – National 5 requires candidates to describe three benefits to health of a balanced and varied diet however a number of candidates had only listed these which is not sufficient detail at this level Outcome 1.2 – National 5 requires candidates to give specific information related to dietary advice as per the SQA documentation (eat more/eat less is required at National 3 level only) Outcome 1.3 – At all levels candidates should explain/discuss/include the main effect on heath of each nutrient, not simply state the function. At National 3 candidates can be given a list of nutrients, at National 4 and 5 candidates must name the nutrients themselves Outcome 1.4 – At all levels candidates are asked to describe the effect on heath of the dietary disease/condition, not simply explain the disease/condition.

Key Messages Food for Health Unit Outcome 2.1 – At all levels candidates are required to name one appropriate ingredient or cooking for each identified health need. This cooking method or ingredient should be one from their chosen recipe. Outcome 2.2 – it is essential that an Assessor Checklist and/or signed photographic evidence is included, with commentary, to confirm that the product has been made Outcome 2.3 – this is only required to be completed by National 5 candidates

Key Messages Contemporary Food Issues Unit: Outcome 1.4 – National 5 UASP names the Consumer Organisations but the assessment requires candidates to do this for themselves. SQA are aware of this issue and the UASP has now been amended. Centres should ensure the amended version is used for future candidates Outcome 2.3 – it is essential that an Assessor Checklist is included, with commentary, to confirm that the product has been made

Key Messages Internal Verification For a significant number of Centres, there was no evidence of internal verification which may explain why there was a lack of consistency in judging evidence across all levels in some Centres. Centres are required to adopt a rigorous process of internal verification processes which are supportive in identifying development issues with regards to assessment. The process should be designed to support assessors across all levels and ensure that they feel confident in making assessment judgements. Internal verification should be planned and appropriate and timely records should be kept e.g. of cross-marking, minutes of meetings, CPD records.

Examples of Candidate Work Your facilitator will provide samples of Candidate Work for Food for Health and Contemporary Food Issues Review and discuss each sample (use the photostat commentary to facilitate discussion)

Exemplification At each round of Verification the Verifiers will identify materials that demonstrate good practice