Great teaching and high quality assessment are at the heart of every BTEC Nationals course
and we're here to help you understand the standard and assess with confidence.
This video will provide you with a simple summary of your most frequently asked questions
about:
Preparing learners for internal assessment Setting assignments
Submission of evidence Giving feedback
Retakes
During teaching and learning, you decide what feedback and support your learners need to
understand the content and develop the skills and behaviours to succeed on their course.
While you're preparing your learners to take their assignment, your feedback could include:
Identifying areas for learner progression, including stretch and challenge
Explaining clearly how BTEC assessment works
Setting dry run or mock tasks and scenarios And feedback on how to improve.
Once teaching is complete and you've set the deadline for submitting the assignment, your
learners must work independently.
The evidence they create must be authentically their own work, although you can continue
to:
Give general guidance and support, like explaining how to approach knowledge and skills requirements,
or the appropriate behaviour or approach
Confirm what's needed, for example, clarifying which criteria the assessor is targeting
And, of course, you can still supervise your learners when they are working on their assignment
in class.
When your learners submit their evidence, the assessor should:
Record the assessment result
And confirm the evidence is authentically the learner's own work.
Learners are allowed one submission of their evidence for each assessment, although when
you return graded work, your learner may still qualify for one resubmission.
So to ensure your feedback is fair at this stage, you should focus on:
Confirming achievement by making clear which assessment criteria the learner has achieved,
and which they have not achieved
And offering guidance, either around general behaviour, or by showing what information
they could have drawn on to generate their evidence.
After the initial submission, your Lead Internal Verifier may authorise one opportunity to
resubmit evidence for each assignment if:
The learner has met all the initial deadlines or agreed extensions
You judge the learner will be able to provide improved evidence without further specific
guidance
And the assessor has confirmed the evidence originally submitted was authentically the
learner's own work.
If your learners do resubmit their evidence, make sure you:
Record the Lead Internal Verifier's decision on the assessment form.
And set a resubmission deadline within 15 working days of the learner receiving the
original assessment decision.
Once resubmission of evidence is complete, that#s it - your learner will have no further
opportunity to submit evidence for this assignment.
This means you can give as much feedback on the completed assessment as your learner needs
to support their understanding, development and progression on their BTEC course.
This can include detailed feedback on what your learner could have done to achieve a
higher grade in the now-completed assessment.
If your learner has not achieved a Pass grade or above after a re-submission, then one retake
is available if:
Your learner has met all the conditions for Resubmission of evidence
And the Lead Internal Verifier believes it is appropriate and fair to do so.
You'll need to:
Set a new task or assignment targeted only at the Pass criteria not achieved in the original
assignment.
Follow the same procedure for submission and authentication of evidence.
And ensure the Standards Verifier sees evidence of any retakes in sampling.
After the re-take is complete, no further submissions or retakes are allowed.
If you have further questions regarding internal assessment for BTEC Nationals speak to your
subject advisor or check the support area on our website.