Understanding Standards - new subject-specific materials available
We’ve published new Understanding Standards materials for Art and Design, Biology, Care, Chemistry, Media, and Psychology.
These materials explain the national standards required for assessments and show how marks are awarded.
The following materials are now available from our Understanding Standards website:
Art and Design
- National 5: new examples of candidate evidence for the expressive portfolio, with commentaries.
Biology
- Advanced Higher: new audio presentation on the Advanced Higher Biology question paper.
- Advanced Higher: new audio presentation on the Advanced Higher Biology project.
Care
- Higher: new examples of candidate evidence for the project, with commentaries.
- Higher: new examples of candidate evidence for the question paper, with commentaries.
Chemistry
- National 5 and Higher: new audio presentation on the assignments.
- Advanced Higher: new audio presentation on the Advanced Higher Chemistry project.
Media
- National 5: new examples of candidate evidence for the question paper, with commentaries.
- National 5: new examples of candidate evidence for the assignment, with commentaries.
- Higher: a recording of our recent webinar on question paper 2 'the role of media' (January 2024).
- Higher: new examples of candidate evidence for the question papers, with commentaries.
We’ve also published a recording of our recent National 5 Media webinar (January 2024) on the Understanding Standards materials section of the SQA Secure website (log-in required).
Psychology
- Higher: new examples of candidate evidence for the question paper, with commentaries. These are accompanied by a Q&A.
Candidate evidence and commentary materials include a written commentary from an SQA senior examiner, which explains how many marks were awarded to each candidate and why.
To view and access the latest Understanding Standards materials, visit https://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Updates.