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Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.  \nAQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 3644723) . Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.  \nPage 2 of 24  \n\n| |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| GCSE Science\u003Cbr>Hub school network meeting |\n| Spring 2020 \u003Cbr>|\n\n\n|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| |  |  |\n| 2 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| This event will be recorded |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Exam boards have an Ofqual requirement to record event audio.\u003Cbr>Recordings are kept for the lifetime of the specification and not shared as an accompaniment to session resources.\u003Cbr>The recording will begin now. |  |\n| 3 | |\n\nAgenda  \n• Reflections on mocks  \no Brief reminder on how to use MERiT  \n• Assessing maths skills at different levels of demand  \n• Discussion activity using sample schemes of work  \n• Updates  \n• Focus for summer meetings  \n4  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n| Reflections on mocks |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • What is the purpose of your mocks?\u003Cbr>• How did you analyse the results?\u003Cbr>• What aspects (eg application, extended response) are students not performing on so well?\u003Cbr>• How did students respond to particular command words?\u003Cbr>• How did your Foundation students do compared with your Higher students?\u003Cbr>• What could you do in the time before the exams to help students improve in key areas? |  |  |\n| 5 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Analysing results through MERiT\u003Cbr>|  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 6 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| What does MERiT analysis show? |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • Overall performance of your students against the sample population.\u003Cbr>• Student performance by specification area covered by question.\u003Cbr>• Student performance by Assessment Objective.\u003Cbr>• How students performed on individual questions.\u003Cbr>• Clear RAG rating for individual students to focus interventions.\u003Cbr>• Data can be exported to your own Excel spreadsheets for reporting. |  |  |\n| 7 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Limitations of MERiT analysis |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| • Sample size is small compared with GCSE entries\u003Cbr>• Students have not finished the course\u003Cbr>• Teachers not standardised on using the mark scheme\u003Cbr>• Final award made on all papers combined\u003Cbr>• No grade boundaries on MERiT\u003Cbr>• Lots of data to input with large classes |  |  |\n| 8 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Analysis from MERiT: Separate sciences |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Paper 1 data only.\u003Cbr>Paper Tier Total\u003Cbr>marks Mean mark Summer 2019\u003Cbr>mean mark Biology F 100 50 56 Chemistry F 100 44 53 Physics F 100 50 56 Biology H 100 49 56 Chemistry H 100 43 54 Physics H 100 48 60 |  |  |\n| 9 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Analysis from MERiT: Trilogy |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Paper 1 data only.\u003Cbr>Paper Tier Total\u003Cbr>marks Mean mark Summer 2019\u003Cbr>mean mark Biology F 70 21 28 Chemistry F 70 24 31 Physics F 70 25 31 Biology H 70 22 27 Chemistry H 70 21 30 Physics H 70 16 25 |  |  |\n| 10 | Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\nAssessing maths skills at different demands  \n• Maths skills that must be assessed  \n• Areas of particular challenge  \no Significant figures  \no Standard form  \no Plotting graphs  \n• AQA resources  \n• Other resources  \n• Incorporating these skills into your scheme of work  \n11  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n| The maths skills: DfE criteria\u003Cbr>• Five broad areas\u003Cbr>o Arithmetic and numer","cbCait7tOPmieXhb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait7tOPmieXhb","pdf",4460850,24,"English","# Agenda\n## Reflections on mocks\n## Assessing maths skills at different levels of demand\n## Analysing results through MERiT\n## Limitations of MERiT analysis\n## Analysis from MERiT: Separate sciences\n## Analysis from MERiT: Trilogy","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the mock reflections section?\",\"answer\":\"It prompts discussion on the goals of mocks, how results were analysed, and which aspects students are not performing well on, including command word responses and comparisons between foundation and higher tiers.\"},{\"question\":\"What does MERiT analysis provide for GCSE Science assessments?\",\"answer\":\"MERiT analysis shows overall performance versus the sample population, performance by specification area and assessment objective, results for individual questions, and a clear RAG rating to guide interventions. 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