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) (August 2018)
• Assessment with Recording Production Process Overview (131 KB) (August 2018)

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 (1.94 MB) (Version 2.2 July 2017)

For principal assessors viewing assessments using ItemBank.

• Surpass ItemBank Guidance for Principal Assessors viewing Assessments (974 KB) (Version 2.2 July 2017)