SEV Update 2013
Business Graded Units, Business Management,
Economics
SEV Update
 Location of Internal Assessment Reports
 General comments
 Unit specifications, instruments of assessment
and exemplification models
 Evidence Requirements
 Administration of assessments
 Areas of good practice
 Specific areas for improvement
(Continuing challenges)
SEV Update
Location of Internal Assessment Reports
www.sqa.org.uk
Qualifications
Higher National
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Business, Administration, Accounting & Finance
HNC/HND Business
Internal Assessment Reports
SEV Update - Feedback
General comments
 Verification focuses on all Units both old and new
 Many centres used the 2010 framework, old
awards lapse in 2013 and 2014
 Overall verification was very successful
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Unit specifications, instruments of assessment
and exemplification models
 The new Business Graded Unit 1 continues to
bed in, and remains a challenge
 The revised project has now been delivered
– strengthen the links to the course
 Check for changes to the specifications and the
exemplars
 Continuing uncertainty over what is the ‘rule
book’, Unit specification or assessment exemplar
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Evidence Requirements
 Better grades in GU 1????
 The importance of discussion to enhance
consistency and arrive at sound decisions
 Match the exemplar/assessment against the
evidence requirements and record this in IV
records
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Administration of assessments
 Most centres are ‘old hands’, but there are new
centres at both home and abroad
 Most centres use the exemplars
 All assessments must go through internal
verification
 Record issues don’t hide them
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Areas of good practice
 Good practice now embedded
 Record reasons for decisions where candidate
evidence is on the cusp
 Recording problems and discussion in IV
records
 Electronic submission and plagiarism checks
 Detailed feedback and guidance
SEV Update – Importance of Internal Verification
Specific areas for improvement
(Continuing challenges)
 Mergers and partnerships - integration of quality
procedures, staff and managerial changes
 New QA procedures
 Ensure the security of assessment exemplars
 Look at the Unit specifications to check the
requirements
 Distinguishing between remediation and
reassessment
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Thank you for all of your hard work