2. New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events Qualifications Update: Advanced Higher Economics

3. Key Messages  No dual running of Advanced Higher in session 2015-16 Units  Economic Markets: Structures and Intervention  National and Global Economic Issues  Researching an Economics Issue Course Assessment – two components, both externally marked  Question paper – 80 marks  Project – 40 marks - this is a change from published project of 50 marks

4. Key Messages Question Paper  Three sections  Section one – 30 marks – all questions mandatory, based on data  Section two – 25 marks – one mandatory theory question  Section three – 25 marks – choose one from four optional questions on current economic issues  Use of ‘higher order’ command words such as ‘analyse’, ‘evaluate’. Project  Centred around an economic issue from the past two years  Further develops skills from the assignment at lower SCQF levels

5. Key Messages Areas of Study Familiar topics:  Market structures such as perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly  Market intervention such as externalities and graphs representing externalities, government polices to correct externalities  National issues over the past two years such as inflation, unemployment, GDP  Global issues over the past two years such as in the EU, Eurozone, developing and emerging economies New Topics:  No new topics at AH but centres should cover what is current in economic terms.

6. Assessment Support Schedule 2014/15 Oct 14Unit Assessment Support (Package 1) Jan 15CfE Advanced Higher Subject Update Letter Jan 15Subject Course Comparison N5 – AH Feb 15Unit Assessment Support (Package 2) Feb 15AH Specimen Question Paper + Marking Instr. Mar 15Coursework General Assessment Information Apr 15Unit Assessment Support (Package 3) Apr 15Update Mandatory Documents as required May 15 Update Unit Assessment Support as required – CUSN, UASP Packs 1 and 2

7. Changes to published Mandatory documents Course  Question Paper: now has three sections and not two sections as previously stated  Project marks: changed from 50 marks to 40 marks Units  Minor changes to some Outcomes and Assessment Standards  Minor changes from UASP1 for a few Assessment Standards in the ‘Making Assessment Judgements’ column of the Judging Evidence table (JET)

8. Key messages from Verification 2013-14 Use valid and reliable assessments  SQA-produced Unit Assessment Support Packs  Centre devised assessments that have been prior verified  Your own assessments – strongly advise you have these prior verified  Ensure you use the most up-to-date Unit assessment, make clear reference to it and to the title of the Unit assessment pack used  No changes should be made to the first three columns of the JET

9. Key messages from Verification 2013-14 Making assessment judgements  SQA packs are designed on a pass/fail basis  Use Judging Evidence Tables to make assessment judgments against Assessment Standards, and have commentary on how to meet each Assessment Standard  A task/activity can meet most or all of the Unit Outcomes and Assessment Standards  Indicate on candidate’s work that Unit Assessment Standards have been met  Candidates can give more than the minimum required responses  Evidence of internal verification must be provided  Oral re-assessment should be clearly documented

10. Key messages from Verification 2013-14 Unit Assessment complementing learning and teaching  Unit Assessment is open and flexible  Assessment should allow you space to prepare for Added Value/Course Assessment

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