Specification
The exam board document setting out the content, assessment and grading of a qualification. Often called the spec; the US equivalent idea is a course framework.
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- Topic
- Qualifications
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Related terms
- Exam board All four UK nations (details may differ)
- An organisation that writes specifications, sets and marks exams and awards qualifications such as GCSEs and A levels, for example AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas and CCEA.
- Assessment objectives (AOs) All four UK nations (details may differ)
- The skills a qualification assesses, such as knowledge, application and analysis, with set weightings in the specification.
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