AOC WEBINAR: 31 MARCH 2021 TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT SUMMER 2021 - AOC SERVICES
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AoC webinar: 31 March 2021 Technical and vocational assessment Summer 2021 AoC: Catherine Sezen & Matt Rhodes Ofqual: Bethany Hughes City & Guilds: Hilary Gwilliam & Clare Beesley Pearson: Ria Bhatta & Chris Briggs NCFE: Julie Hyde UAL: Ross Anderson & Peter Herman OCR: Paul Steer WJEC: Sarah Harris
What we will cover today
• Summer assessment 2021 overview –
Bethany Hughes
• Category B qualifications AO overview –
Julie Hyde/Ross Anderson
• Functional Skills: AO approach and
support – Chris Briggs
• Comments/ questions from the chat – do
ask questions/comment on the chat
function
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Awarding Organisation overview
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Collaborative approach to decision-making
Awarding organisations have been working closely together and with DfE and Ofqual to ensure that arrangements
put in place for awarding VTQs this summer are fair and transparent and do not advantage or disadvantage
vocational learners against their peers taking similar qualifications whether general or vocational.
A key strength of the VTQ market is the breadth of qualifications that are available to centres that allows them to
choose qualifications that best meet the needs of their learners. Whilst awarding organisations are working closely
together to align approaches to awarding similar vocational qualifications this summer, it may be necessary for the
specific arrangements implemented by each awarding organisation to differ depending on structure and design
factors and to reflect how each qualification type would ‘normally’ be awarded.
September 2020 January 2021 February 2021 March 2021
Adaptations TAG Process
AOs working on DfE makes the DfE and Ofqual VCRF Framework continue for out- implemented by
adaptations to announcement publish Policy technical of-scope AOs for summer
allow assessments that exams won't Consultation consultation qualifications 2021 awarding
to take place be going ahead Outcomes outcome
Consolidated Overview of Approach
• This table outlines the key process areas and how VTQ AOs will approach them
• VTQ AOs will also look to adopt the relevant GQ (JCQ) guidance on Access Arrangements and Appeals
5Will communicate arrangements with
Links to VTQ AO Weblink
customers by
individual AOs
for further info: Pearson BTEC here 31.03.2021
NCFE here 31.03.2021
AQA here 31.03.2021
City & Guilds Technicals here 31.03.2021
WJEC here 31.03.2021
OCR here 31.03.2021
VTQ Summer 2021 materials
6Functional Skills
7Test and TAG The policy regarding FSQ, is that testing can continue wherever it is safe to do so and wherever learners can access assessments. Where this is not possible, then providers will then have the opportunity to apply for a TAG for the learners that cannot access a test. In short, a TAG is only for individual learners who are not able to access an assessment either face to face, via Remote Invigilation, or through other adaptations. The key part of the policy is that a TAG should be a last resort for a learner. The period for TAGs covers 1 August 2020 to 31 August 2021.
Sawtooth and COVID and Pass Marks What is the Sawtooth Effect? It is generally recognised that as a reformed qualification becomes more established over time, factors such as familiarity, greater availability of professional development and support resources, increased teacher confidence, greater numbers of past papers and so on, can all contribute to improvements in cohort performance. The converse of this is that when new qualifications are introduced, there can often be a dip in cohort performance. This is often referred to as the ‘Sawtooth Effect’. To take into consideration the Sawtooth Effect in the reformed qualification and to ensure learners were not disadvantaged, grade boundaries in the first few tests were set lower. The expectation was that as we moved out of the saw-tooth effect (which would be evidenced through inspection of learner work at awarding), grade boundaries would be raised to reflect the normal level of performance attainment that would be expected of a pass learner. Impact of Covid-19 As the impact of Covid-19 happened very soon after the reformed qualifications were first released, the transition from going out of saw-tooth effect has never been evident. In recent awards whilst it is impossible to distinguish whether it is the impact of Covid-19 or the saw-tooth effect, there is still evidence of impact on learner performance and so boundaries have reflected this.
AO updates
111Support for BTEC qualifications
Main support website inc. list of Pearson qualifications in scope
Guidance on determining a qualification-level teacher assessed grade (Q-TAG) including:
• Q-Tag guidance
• Admin guide on Q-TAGs
• Sector performance indicators
• Timeline
• SV clarification
FAQs
Customer services link
12Support for Pearson qualifications
Functional Skills
• TAG guidance
• FAQs
Higher Nationals
• Proposed steps
• Timeframe
• Adaptations guide
Work-based learning – inc. sector guides on appropriate adaptations
• FAQs
Sign up to Pearson VQ bulletins, covering key info across Pearson’s vocational qualifications.
13Summer 2021 Updates
Dedicated Summer 2021 VQ
area:
Vocational Qualifications
(eduqas.co.uk)
Information aimed at teachers
and centre staff only will be
published on the secure site:
WJEC (wjecservices.co.uk)City and Guilds: Electrical and other construction
quals
This document should have all the info you need. You can find
it here. For other C&G adaptations see here. 15Malpractice guidance
• JCQ guidance on malpractice can be found here on
page 46.
• OCR make it clear on page 17 of their guidance that
this is also to be used for Cambridge Technicals
16Thank you VTQ:catherine.sezen@aoc.co.uk GQ: eddie.playfair@aoc.co.uk
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