I took time out this morning to go through the HMIe's report [PDF] into Computing in the college sector. It made interesting reading.
It's hard not to read a report like this from an individual perspective and, from an SQA angle, the report made pretty good reading. There were some kind words about the portfolio of Computing awards available to centres, and specifically the variety of awards and how up-to-date they are. It was nice to see this recognised since it represents a lot of hard work over a lot of years. There was also mention made of the efforts SQA is currently making, along with college representatives, to address some of the identified problems, such as assessment overload.
Of course, the report contains a great deal about teaching and learning, but there were many references to assessment that SQA needs to consider, including assessment load (still a problem), integration of assessment (linked to assessment burden), and formative assessment.
Formative assessment is particularly interesting. The report stated that it was little used and, when it was, it wasn't used very effectively. I think this is an area that SQA could work with centres to improve practice.
I'd be interested in your comments about the report.
It's hard not to read a report like this from an individual perspective and, from an SQA angle, the report made pretty good reading. There were some kind words about the portfolio of Computing awards available to centres, and specifically the variety of awards and how up-to-date they are. It was nice to see this recognised since it represents a lot of hard work over a lot of years. There was also mention made of the efforts SQA is currently making, along with college representatives, to address some of the identified problems, such as assessment overload.
Of course, the report contains a great deal about teaching and learning, but there were many references to assessment that SQA needs to consider, including assessment load (still a problem), integration of assessment (linked to assessment burden), and formative assessment.
Formative assessment is particularly interesting. The report stated that it was little used and, when it was, it wasn't used very effectively. I think this is an area that SQA could work with centres to improve practice.
I'd be interested in your comments about the report.
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