2. New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events Modern Studies: Unit Assessment at Advanced Higher

3. Unit 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  More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching

4. Unit Assessment Support Purpose Assess your candidates Adapt for your own assessment programmes Help you develop your own assessments your own assessments

5. 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)

6. Unit Assessment Support at Advanced Higher – Approaches Package 1 Contemporary Issues – Social Inequality. Unit by Unit approach Researching Contemporary Issues - Portfolio approach Package 2 Contemporary Issues – Political Issues. Unit by Unit approach Package 3 Contemporary Issues – Law and Order. Unit by Unit approach Contemporary Issues - Portfolio approach

7. Assessment Support Packages Unit Assessment Support Pack 1 consists of two documents Each document includes:  advice on task/prompts  Examples of candidate responses  Advice/examples of using evidence to meet multiple Assessment Standards

8. Unit Assessment Support 1. Contemporary Issues Task is in the context of Social Inequality 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 Exemplifies alternative contexts

9. Unit Assessment Support 2. Researching Contemporary Issues  Supports development of the skills necessary for the Project  Evidence link to Project or  Evidence from discrete activities  Advice on meeting each Assessment Standard

10. Unit Assessment Support 2. Researching Contemporary Issue (continued)  Consistency across Social Subjects  Cross-disciplinary learning  Avoiding over-assessment – one piece of evidence may meet multiple Assessment Standards  Disseration will not provide sufficient evidence for Unit assessment

11. 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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