August 1 2010
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 primarily designed for use by subject teachers and therefore assumes subject knowledge and some familiarity with the examination papers. Visitors to the site will have the opportunity to consider the principles which underlie the marking of their subjects and to 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
We also offer a range of Professional Development Workshops, led by subject specialists. Further details can be found at: 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.
