Assessment resources for 2020-21

We published a range of optional assessment resources for National 5 to Advanced Higher, to help teachers and lecturers gather evidence for provisional results.

Coursework assessment tasks

Coursework assessment tasks are available from our NQ subject pages.

For subjects that have an annually released assignment, such as Administration and IT, Computing Science, Design and Manufacture and Graphic Communication, these were published on the SQA Secure website (arrange access through your SQA Co-ordinator).

Question paper resources on Secure

We published 2020-21 question papers and marking instructions on the SQA Secure website (arrange access through your SQA Co-ordinator). These will remain on the Secure site for session 2021-22.

These were an optional assessment resource that could be used in full or in part (or not at all). 

Digital question papers

We published digital question papers for disabled learners and learners with additional support needs.

These are interactive PDF versions of the question papers that can be used with speech recognition or text reading software, where this is installed, and they are available from the SQA Secure website (arrange access through your SQA Co-ordinator).

View more information on digital question papers.

Understanding Standards resources

Our wide range of subject-specific Understanding Standards resources explain and illustrate the national standards required in assessments. For session 2020-21, these included new resources to support teachers and lecturers with gathering evidence for provisional results.

Available from your NQ subject page.