1. Personal Finance Award Solar - enhancing the assessment of the Personal Finance Award Graeme Clark graeme.clark@sqa.org.uk graeme.clark@sqa.org.uk Personal Finance Award Solar - enhancing the assessment of the Personal Finance Award Graeme Clark graeme.clark@sqa.org.uk graeme.clark@sqa.org.uk

2. Technologies and content  E-testing (Solar) – summative and formative assessment delivery  E-Portfolio’s for SfW  Games-based assessment and use of social software to assess group work using wikis and blogs  Flexible Web-based learning materials  tools to support improvement in the learning and assessment experience  CPD using/through SQA Academy

3. Solar e-assessments  Summative and Formative e-assessments  Banks of questions authored and QA by subject specialists  Input to central system and managed by SQA  Available freely to all SQA centres  Majority of content for HN & National Certificates  Increasing range of NQ provision  www.sqasolar.org.uk www.sqasolar.org.uk

4. Solar e-assessments  Summative –Pre-verified and automatically marked –Unit and topic based –Item bank (no versions) –Secure web-based delivery  Authored, peer reviewed by subject specialists  No requirement for internal or external verification of assessments/results

5. Solar e-assessments  Formative –Item banks of topic/unit-based questions with the addition of rich context-specific feedback –Using a minimum range of 6 different question types –Available direct to learners –Supporting learning rather than practice for assessment/exam –Use of audio/animation/other graphical media as required.  www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess

6. Other new Content incl. PDAs in Bricklaying – 2010/11 SVQs in Beauty and Plumbing – 2010/2011 Streetworks (HAUC) – August 2010 Nabs for :  Int 1/Int 2/Higher Computing – NOW  Higher Information Systems – 2010/11  Higher Maths – 2010/11

7. Assessment for the PFA – Phase 1  Summative Assessment –Itembank rules-based approach –All questions 4 option MCQ –Principles of Money – 25 Q’s in 5 sections –Money Management – 20 Q’s in 4 sections –60% passmark with immediate result and feedback

8. Assessment for the PFA  Principles of Money –Available now –Max of 2 versions of a paper Nab - tbc  Money Management –Available w/c 28 October –Max of 2 versions of a paper Nab - tbc

9. Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2  Summative Assessment –New question items added to bank using other question types MRQ, re-order, matching, gapfill, drag’n’drop –No paper equivalent –Updated assessment in use from January 2011

10. Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2  Formative Assessment –New question items with contextualized learner feedback –Using a range of different question types MCQ, MRQ, re-order, matching, gapfill, drag’n’drop –To support learners in using the Solar system and the different question types –Available through OpenAssess –Released January 2011

11. www.sqasolar.org.uk OpenAssess

12. Questions

13. ContactContact Graeme Clark Project Manager SQA 0845 213 5581 for training:- solar@sqa.org.uksolar@sqa.org.uk www.sqasolar.org.uk