How will schools manage the assessment of Communication, Application of Number and ICT?
• CCEA does not wish to prescribe for schools how the process of assessment in Communication, Application of Number and ICT should be carried out. We intend to build upon the present ICT accreditation scheme which allows schools considerable scope and autonomy. • Over the next year CCEA will trial a number of approaches, for example: – a whole school approach where all learning areas contribute to the assessment of all three skills; – a more selective approach where one set of learning areas contribute to assessment of one or more skills and where the learning areas targeted to provide evidence rotate each year of KS3; – an approach which combines teacher assessment with the voluntary tasks which CCEA will design to confirm teacher assessment. • We intend to offer schools a choice of approaches and to advise schools on any approaches they would like to take.
