Experiences of the Scottish Qualification Authority’s new National Qualifications and their assessment (2015-2017)
Published: 20 February 2021
UGEAN member Lesley Wiseman-Orr was part of the project team as an employee of SQA at that time.
UGEAN member Lesley Wiseman-Orr was part of the project team as an employee of SQA at that time.
The project involved an online survey of teachers, and fieldwork in the two academic years following the launch of the new assessments. During this period schools and colleges across Scotland were visited to discover how the new qualifications and their assessment were being experienced by pupils and staff.
(Reports are available at https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/SQA_Fieldwork_visits.pdf (SQA NQ Research Fieldwork 2015-16 Report); and at https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/SQAFinalFieldworkReport_2016-17.pdf (SQA NQ Research Fieldwork 2016-17 Report).
First published: 20 February 2021