Controlled Assessment

This presentation gives general guidance on controlled assessment for GCSE Computer Science.And linking this to GCSE ICT.

A Reminder -

This is from our ‘Getting Ready to Teach’ presentation: Practical programming – Assesses Topics 1 & 2– Single context, 3 tasks– 15 hours, medium control– A new task published in January each year– Choice of three programming languages–No internet access–Digital submission

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Remember - Level of Control (see p20 Spec)

• Task setting: High Level– Pearson sets the task

• Task Taking: Medium Control– Students work alone–Must be supervised– Teachers can help students to understand rubrics,

assessment criteria and controlled conditions– Students’ work must be saved and stored

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Getting ready for the Controlled Assessment - Summary

• Know the Specification

• Use the Sample Assessment Material

• Use the Exemplar, and the Mark Scheme

• Take a holistic approach

• Use Moderators’ reports

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Know the Specification

The CA covers Topics 1 and 2

• But remember the exam paper will cover ALL Topics–Over the lifetime of the spec

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Use the Sample AssessmentMaterial

• Prepare them– So there are no surprises

• Can they do everything asked for in the requirements?– i.e. tick them off?

• Can they follow the guidance on how to save/present their work?

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Use the Exemplar Mark Scheme

• There is no reason why you can’t go through this with your students

• Do a mapping exercise– Task– Specification–Mark scheme

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Holistic approach to marking

• Where does a task ‘fit’ in the mark scheme?–Which level?

• Make sure you can justify your marks – use the marking criteria

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Use Moderators’ reports

• These will be available for June 2015 series– Use the support on the website

• But you can have a look at other exams to see if there are any ‘patterns’ you can identify– Previous Moderators’ reports for ICT

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GCSE ICT

• Same as for Computer Science

• Resources to help you have been building up over the product cycle– Lesson resources– Exemplars– Past training content○ Feedback ○ Standardisation

–Moderators’ reports○ Your own centre reports

• And use the Controlled Assessment Teacher Support Book 2012

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