Assessing Pupils' Progress: Standards Files
APP Standards Files exemplify student work at different levels. Each Standards File includes: • examples of evidence generated from students’ work in science, which have been assessed to exemplify the APP approach and show national standards • commentary on the evidence for each AF, which leads to a summative…
Assessing Pupils' Progress: Teachers’ Handbook
Guidance for teachers on the thinking behind the use of Assessing Pupils Progress (APP) in secondary science at Key Stage Three. This handbook stresses the 'periodic' nature of the assessment possible using APP, as opposed to day-to-day and transitional assessments. Contents This booklet contains information for teachers…
Assessing Pupils' Progress: Guidelines and Criteria
Part of the Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) collection, these resources present the criteria for assessing progress in students’ understanding of science at Key Stage Three. Structure These guidelines/criteria are to help teachers assess progress in students’ work across five strands of assessment called Assessment…
GCSE subject criteria for Engineering 2007
This set of subject criteria were produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for Awarding Bodies to produce subject specifications for use in 2007 GCSE Engineering. GCSE specifications had to meet these criteria in order to be accredited. The GCSE criteria explain the general aims of studying a particular subject…
A-Level Design and Technology - Review of Standards 1978-98
Written in 2004, this is a report by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) reviewing standards over time in design and technology A levels between 1978 and 1998. General context In 1996, Lord Dearing in his Review of Qualifications for 16–19 Year Olds made several recommendations to ensure that ‘there…
GCSE criteria for Design and Technology 2007
This set of subject criteria were produced in 2007 by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for Awarding Bodies to produce subject specifications for use in 2009 GCSE Design and Technology. GCSE specifications had to meet these criteria in order to be accredited. The GCSE criteria explain the general aims of studying a particular…
A- Level Criteria Design and Technology 2006
This set of subject criteria were produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) in 2006 for Awarding Bodies to produce design and technology specifications for teaching in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. AS and A level subject criteria are intended to set out the knowledge, understanding, skills and assessment…
A Level Performance Descriptors: Design and Technology 2007
Produced in 2007, these performance descriptors for design and technology at AS and A2 levels were written to indicate the level of attainment characteristic of grades A/B and E/U boundary candidates across a series of assessment objectives. It was intended that they should be interpreted in relation to the content outlined in the…
Review of Teacher Assessment: Evidence of what works best 2009
Commissioned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, this Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment review of teacher assessment in 2009 looked at teacher assessment in practice in a number of countries to see what works best and to consider the implications for Assessing Pupils’ Progress (APP). Context…
International Comparisons of Compulsory Assessment Systems 2007
Produced in 2007, this is an an International Review of Curriculum and Assessment (INCA) thematic probe to compare compulsory assessment systems which the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) asked National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to undertake. It gathered information via the 20 INCA country archives to…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2009
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2009, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three up to 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2008
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2008, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three up to 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2007
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2007, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three up to 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2006
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2006, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three up to 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2005
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2005, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three up to 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2004
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2004, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three up to 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Three Science Tests 2000
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the standards report for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2000. The tests and mark schemes themselves are currently unavailable. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Three…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2010
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2010, and their associated mark schemes. All students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2009
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2009, and their associated mark schemes and reports. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The tests…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2008
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2008, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2007
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2007, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2006
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2006, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2005
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2005, and their associated mark schemes. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The tests were intended…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2004
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2004, and their associated mark schemes and reports. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The tests…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2002
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the mark schemes for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2002. The tests themselves are currently unavailable. Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009. The…
Key Stage Two Science Tests 2001
This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the standards report for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2001, along with English and mathematics. The tests and mark schemes themselves are currently unavailable. Students in England took national tests…
Draft Criteria for Mathematics and Statistics A Levels for first teaching in 2012
The four consultation documents here from QCA set out the subject criteria for first teaching in September 2012 for AS and A level in: • Mathematics • Use of mathematics • Further mathematics • Use of statistics These subject criteria set out the knowledge, understanding, skills and assessment objectives…
Design and Technology: Programme of Study for Key Stage Three and Attainment Target 2007
Following a major overhaul of the entire National Curriculum at Key Stage Three, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority produced a version for design and technology with a structure consistent with other subjects. There were no changes to the other Key Stages, so the Attainment Targets (AT) and Programme of Study (PoS) for Key…
Planning, Teaching and Assessing the Curriculum for Pupils with Learning Difficulties: Design and Technology
Produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in 2009, this guidance supports the planning, development and implementation of the curriculum for students with learning difficulties. It draws on effective practice across a range of schools and can be used in mainstream and special primary and secondary schools, specialised…
GCSE Subject Criteria for Statistics for First Teaching in 2009
QCA stipulates the criteria for awarding organisations to follow when developing specifications for GCSEs qualifications. Specifications have to meet these criteria in order to be accredited. The GCSE qualification criteria explain the general aims of studying a particular subject at GCSE and outline the essential knowledge skills…
GCSE Subject Criteria for Mathematics for First Teaching in 2007
QCA stipulates the criteria for awarding organisations to follow when developing specifications for GCSEs qualifications. Specifications have to meet these criteria in order to be accredited. The GCSE qualification criteria explain the general aims of studying a particular subject at GCSE and outline the essential knowledge skills…
GCSE Criteria for Science 2006
This set of subject criteria were produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for Awarding Bodies to produce subject specifications for use in 2006 GCSE Science, GCSE Additional Science, GCSE Applied Science (Double Award), GCSE Additional Applied Science, GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, and GCSE Physics. GCSE specifications…