Solar - enhancing the assessment of the Personal Personal

Finance AwardFinance Award

Graeme Clark

graeme.clark@sqa.org.uk

Technologies and contentTechnologies 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

Solar e-assessments 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

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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

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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

Other new Content incl.Other new Content incl.Other new Content incl.Other new Content incl.

PDAs in Bricklaying – PDAs in Bricklaying – 2010/112010/11

SVQs in Beauty and Plumbing – SVQs in Beauty and Plumbing – 2010/20112010/2011

Streetworks (HAUC) – Streetworks (HAUC) – August 2010August 2010

Nabs for :Nabs for :

Int 1/Int 2/Higher Computing – Int 1/Int 2/Higher Computing – NOWNOW

Higher Information Systems – Higher Information Systems – 2010/112010/11

Higher Maths – Higher Maths – 2010/112010/11

Assessment for the PFA – Phase 1Assessment for the PFA – Phase 1Assessment for the PFA – Phase 1Assessment 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

Assessment for the PFAAssessment for the PFAAssessment for the PFAAssessment 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

Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2Assessment for the PFA – Phase 2Assessment 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

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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

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OpenAssess

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Graeme ClarkProject Manager

SQA0845 213 5581

for training:- solar@sqa.org.uk

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