Scottish Government

National Review of Assessment: Identification of the Learning and Support Needs of Young People

Footnotes

1. Scottish Executive (1999). Implementing Inclusiveness Realising Potential. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc04/bere-00.htm
2. Website reference: http://www.assessment-matters.org.uk/whatis/whatis.htm
3. The use of the Record of Needs is currently under review - see consultation document: Scottish Executive Education Department (2001). Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
4. The use of a transition form was recommended by the Beattie Committee (Paragraph 7.25)
5. Shorthand for Records of Achievement
6. Reference to a working party chaired by Maura Bertram, on secondment to SFEU from Jewel and Esk Valley College.
7. This refers to registration with the British Psychological Society as competent in the use of occupational testing to Level A, a qualification which allows access to, and use of, a range of test batteries or assessment measures with restricted use and the purchase of assessment tools.
8. www.getting-on.co.uk
9. i.e. including the Guidance Mapping Exercise mentioned above
10. Scottish Executive and Scottish Enterprise (2001) LEARNING GAINS from Education for Work (forthcoming)
11. The Effectiveness of Careers Services in Scotland, Howieson, C. and Semple, S. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, 2001