The National Assessment Resource (NAR) is designed to support assessment in practice.
Created by Education Scotland (formerly Learning and Teaching Scotland), the Scottish Qualifications Authority and the Scottish Government, NAR is an online resource that supports assessment approaches for Curriculum for Excellence.
NAR is also a key component of the assessment framework described in Building the Curriculum 5.
This introductory video and poster explain more about NAR and the functionality available to practitioners to find, upload and create assessment materials.
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Guide for educators
One of the key purposes of NAR is to support practitioners in developing a shared understanding of standards and expectations for Curriculum for Excellence and how to apply these consistently.
NAR will initially support assessment approaches for learners aged 3-15 by providing:
- Quality-assured examples of a wide range of assessment approaches and evidence
- Literacy and Numeracy materials developed by SQA.
Use this guide to explore the content, online tools and functions available on NAR.
PDF file: Using NAR for assessment - a guide for educators (662 KB)Video guides
The video guides in the NAR Help section explain some of the key features of NAR and how to use the functionality.
They cover:
- Introduction to NAR
- Finding materials on NAR
- Using NAR to understand assessment
- Using NAR to plan
- Using NAR to create and upload materials
- Creating an assessment question
NAR Help
The Help section also has lots of information to assist you with the different technical aspects of NAR including a User Manual to download.
