Refreshed Core Skills Numeracy

Anyone teaching the new core skills units will be thinking about the assessments in the new units. The units can be assessed in different ways

• Assessments (like what we know and luv :-))
• Project
• Portfolio
  

Whatever method is used the idea is to make assessemnt less of a burden for students without putting an enormous burden on tutors. I am working on the more traditional type of asessment. Initially I thought that 100% to pass was unachievable. One numeracy question can provide about 10 or more 'opportunities' for error and I was concerned that students who would have passed the old units would not pass the new units.

Guidance Notes (purely my own)
The students do not need to get 100% at a single attempt.
They can be given questions at different times e.g. teach a topic and then give a question on that topic.
If they are given 3 questions and get one of the wrong e.g. one on 'pay' they will only need to resit a different but similar question.
If the student makes a slip but are otherwise 'solid' give them an opportunity to spot their error and give them a chance to 'sort it'.

Your professional judgement can be used - just hope that your judgement is the same as the EVs