HIGH QUALITY ASSESSMENTS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HOLISTIC ASSESSMENTS)
Recent support
A presentation from Education Scotland on creating high quality literacy assessments from the 4th November 2021:
High Quality Literacy assessments (Holistic assessments)
Training materials
Below are examples of reading high quality assessments in reading at early, 2nd, 3rd and 4th level. These are of varying quality as they are designed to provoke discussion around whether they enable learners to demonstrate the key elements of:
- breadth
- challenge
- application
Early level training examples – reading
training examples 2nd level – reading
3rd level training examples – reading
4th level training examples – reading
Below are more, locally produced, examples of high quality assessments in writing for all levels, early to fourth.
Holistic Assessment Examples Designed for Training Purposes by Argyll and Bute AMFs Writing
Here are 2 locally produced examples of high quality assessments in writing at early level along with the national moderation comments: Early writing nationally moderated example 2018
Examples
Holistic Assessment reading examples level 2
QAMSO writing example 2017 EARLY
Holistic Assessment writing example QAMSO FIRST LEVEL
Holistic writing assessment example QAMSO SECOND LEVEL
Holistic Writing Assessment Example QAMSO THIRD LEVEL
Holistic Writing Assessment example QAMSO 4TH LEVEL
RANGE OF EVIDENCE
The Benchmarks laid out from early to 3rd level with highlighted progressions may be useful:
Listening Talking early to 3rd
