Solar enhancing the assessment of the Personal Finance

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

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

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

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

Solar e-assessments w 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. w www. sqasolar. org. uk/openassess

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

Assessment for the PFA – Phase 1 w 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

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

Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2 w 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

Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2 w 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 Open. Assess – Released January 2011

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