External assessment production guidance
Assessment production (question papers and marking instructions)
Explains the standard assessment production (question papers and marking instructions (and recording where applicable)) process and timescales:
- Assessment Production Process Overview (126 KB) (July 2019)
ContentProducer
- ContentProducer Item Writer Guidance (2.36 MB) (Updated Dec 2018)
- ContentProducer Item Checker and PA Guidance (1.74 MB) (Updated Dec 2018)
ContentProducer guidance - coursework
- ContentProducer Item Writer Guidance (National 5 Coursework) (2.67 MB) (Updated May 2016)
- ContentProducer Item Checker and PA Guidance (National 5 Coursework) (2.86 MB) (Updated May 2016)
ItemBank guidance
For principal assessors creating and viewing assessments using ItemBank.
- Surpass ItemBank Guidance for Principal Assessors creating Assessments (1.88 MB) (Version 2.4 March 2021)
For principal assessors viewing assessments using ItemBank.
- Surpass ItemBank Guidance for Principal Assessors viewing Assessments (912 KB) (Version 2.4 March 2021)
Before using ItemBank you must install Surpass Viewer.