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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 (1.94 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)