Assessing Citizenship (UK)
http://www.qca.org.uk/15871.html
Assessing Citizenship
Example assessment activities for key stage 3 available to order or download
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Self evaluation tool for citizenship
http://tinyurl.com/dt52n
The Department for Education and Skills has developed a self evaluation tool for citizenship.
The self-evaluation process enables school leaders and co-ordinators to chart progress systematically in developing citizenship education in their own school.
This tool helps school leaders to take a more holisitic approach to citizenship education which links the components of; citizenship in the curriculum, citizenship in the school community and citizenship in the wider community beyond school.
The tool can be downloaded as a pdf and word document.
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PSHE: Draft Assesment Guidance (UK Feb 2005)
http://www.qca.org.uk/7835.html
Feb 2005 : QCA has produced draft assessment guidance and end of key stage statements for PSHE and citizenship at the end of key stages 1 and 2, and PSHE at key stages 1-4.
Personal, social and health education (PSHE) helps to give children and young people the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to lead confident, healthy and independent lives. It aims to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially, tackling many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up.
The information on these pages will help all those interested in knowing more about PSHE in schools. There are links to the national framework for PSHE and citizenship at key stages 1 and 2, and the national framework for PSHE at key stages 3 and 4.
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Assessment in Citizenship (England & Wales)
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship/section.cfm?sectionId=32&hierachy=1.32
QCA has published guidance on assessment, recording and reporting in Citizenship for Key Stage 1-4.
Key Stages 1 and 2
At these Key Stages, there is no requirement for key stage assessment in Citizenship. However, schools are required to report pupils?progress to parents in all aspects of their development. Each year the QCA publishes the arrangements for assessment at Key Stages 1 and 2.
Key Stage 3
At Key Stage 3, there is a requirement for an end of key stage assessment in Citizenship.
Key Stage 4
There are no statutory arrangements for assessment at Key Stage 4. Three GCSE (Short Courses) in Citizenship Studies are available.
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Citizenship at key stages 1-4: Guidance on assessment
http://www.qca.org.uk/ages3-14/subjects/6125.html
Citizenship at key stages 1-4: Guidance on assessment, recording and reporting
This guidance is designed to help schools work with pupils to develop appropriate and manageable ways of assessing progress and achievement in citizenship, however the schools have planned their provision.
This guidance is not intended to be prescriptive, but to reflect the flexible nature of the non-statutory framework for PSHE and citizenship at key stages 1 and 2 and the programmes of study for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4. It builds on the guidance in the citizenship schemes of work.
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Citizenship - Tests and Exams
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?temid=109
Citizenship - Tests and Exams
The relevant QCA criteria and the syllabuses for GCSE, A and AS-levels that are currently available on line are listed below. Visit the DfES qualifications Web site for general information about examinations and qualifications.
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