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Project tasks that are not of A-level standard
Official AQA 7517 section 4.14.4.
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- Project tasks that are not of A-level standard: If the task (problem or investigation) selected for a project is not of A-level standard, mark the project against the criteria given, but adjust, the mark awarded downwards by two marking levels (two marks in the case of evaluation) in each section for all but the technical solution. You should have already taken the standard into account for this, by directly applying the criteria. For example, if a student had produced a 'fully or nearly fully articulated design of a real problem describing how solution is to be structured/is structured'. This would, for an A-level standard project, achieve a mark in Level Four for Documented Design (10-12 marks). If the problem selected was too simple to be of A-level standard but the same criteria had been fulfilled, shift the mark awarded down by two levels, into Level Two, an award of 4-6 marks. If a downward shift by two levels is not possible, then a mark in the lowest level should be awarded.
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Downward adjustmentTechnical solution
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- Separate the criteria from the adjustment: State that the criteria are applied first, then identify the required reduction for the task's standard.
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- Reducing every section by two levels: Exclude the technical solution from the downward adjustment. For evaluation, reduce by two marks rather than two levels.
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- A project task is judged to be below A-level standard. A student's documented design fully or nearly fully articulates how the solution is structured. What outcome is described by the specification example?
- For a project task that is not of A-level standard, which part is excluded from the downward adjustment described in the specification?
- What adjustment is specified for the evaluation section when the project task is below A-level standard?
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