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SOLAR e-assessments
SOLAR is an online assessment tool that provides summative and formative e-assessments. It’s based on banks of quality-assured question items. These e-assessments cover qualifications at all levels from National Certificate to Higher National Diploma.
The summative e-assessments are pre-verified — so centres know that quality is assured. This provides real benefits for both learners and learning providers.
Formative e-assessments are available to support many subjects, such as:
- Internet Technologies, including Internet Safety
- Hairdressing and Beauty
- Care
The formative e-assessments are quality assured, and provide detailed feedback for learners. Learners can access the assessments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using a browser and our new Open Assess portal.
Each delivery of an e-assessment to a learner is dynamically generated by the system, based on pre-specified rules. We are also developing a range of web-enabled teaching and learning materials to complement these e-assessments.
You can find more information about SOLAR e-assessments at 
www.sqasolar.org.uk, or contact: 
solar@sqa.org.uk
Contact Information
- Candidate and General Enquiries
- 0845 279 1000
- Centre Enquiries
- 0303 333 0330
