National Standardised Assessment

Created on: 24 Jan 2018 | Last modified: 31 May 2018

Summary of the Work of EIS to Date on National Standardised Assessment

Curriculum for Excellence continues to be a priority for the Committee. The work of the Committee since the 2015 AGM has focused on issues related to the new qualifications and wider assessment matters.

These wider matters have included the introduction of National Improvement Framework (NIF) and the new standardised national assessments.

Below is a summary of the work done to date by the Education Committee and the wider EIS, to develop an EIS position in relation to NIF developments, and to challenge and reshape in a range of ways, the position of Scottish Government on those aspects of the proposals around national standardised assessment that have appeared to run counter to EIS policy on assessment.

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