A guide to Edexcel Government and politics AS assessment.

1. OK…I’ve got my marked work back…but what does it all mean? Poor mark here ? Poor mark here ? Poor mark here ? AS G&P Assessment (40) Unit 1 (People & Politics) & Unit 2 (Governing the UK) 'Source' questions Question : ______________________Name:_________________Date:_________ Section A (5) Section B (10) Section C (25) Total Grade AO1 (5) AO1 (7) AO2 (3) AO1 (8) AO2 (9) AO3 (8) (Out of 40) (A* to U) Mark/point L1 (1-2) L2 (3-5) L3 (6-7) Mark per diff L1 (1-3) L2 (4-5) L3 (6-8) L1 (1-3) L2 (4-6) L3 (7-9) L1 (1-3) L2 (4-5) L3 (6-8) What are these sections ? What do these “AO”s mean ? And what do these levels mean ?

2. Section A Section B Section C One mark per point 7 marks & 3 marks 8 marks. 9 marks & 8 marks Total out of 40 BACK (AO1) (AO1 & AO2) AO1,2&3

8. When marking the AO1 (“Knowledge” component ) the marks would be Allocated like this…. For example with this Section a) (5mark) question…… What the levels mean……. SECTION a)

10. What the levels mean…….SECTION b) For example with this Section b) (10 marks) question…… When marking the AO1 ( Knowledge component ) a Level 1 (L1) answer would be….. and a Level 2 (L2)…. and Level 3 (L3)….

11. When marking the AO2 (“ Analysis” component ) this is how the marks would be allocated…..

12. With this indication of the content that might be expected…… BACK

14. What the levels mean…….SECTION c) For example with this Section c) (25 marks) question…… When marking the AO1 ( Knowledge component ) the levels would be differentiated like this…..

15. and the marking the AO2 ( “Analysis” component ) the levels would be differentiated like this…..

16. and finally the marking the AO3 ( Coherent argument/vocabulary component ) the levels would be differentiated like this…..

17. With this indication of the content that might be expected……