November 21 2008
Welcome to SQA's 'Understanding Standards'
Welcome to the Scottish Qualifications Authority's Understanding Standards website.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority's purpose in creating this site is to allow teaching professionals the opportunity to more fully understand the standards of assessment as they are applied by the SQA examination teams. The website is specifically designed for use by subject teachers rather than pupils or parents so it assumes subject knowledge and some familiarity with the exam papers. Visitors to the site will have the opportunity to consider the principles which underlie the marking of their subjects and then apply this understanding by marking a number of candidate responses and comparing the marks they give to those given by the marking team.
Professional Development Workshops
The www.sqa.org.uk website details Professional Development Workshops and customer events. All our events will be led by subject specialists who are looking forward to welcoming you to their workshops.
More information can be accessed in a new window from the following link: Link the Professional Development Workshops.
Contact the USW team
If you wish to contact the Understanding Standards website team, contact details are available from the following link: Contact the USW team.
There are some Adobe Acrobat PDF files available for download on certain sections of the website. You can click on the logo below to download the latest free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
