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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 8 September 2021
Ross Greer
Good morning. Over the past few days, much of the commentary in Scotland around the report has been about Scottish national standardised assessments—the achievement of curriculum for excellence level assessments—in relation to the references made both in the report itself and at the launch, back in June.
Rather than put words into your mouths, I will ask you to expand on what was said in the report about SNSAs. Specifically, is their purpose clear and are they meeting that stated purpose at present?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 8 September 2021
Ross Greer
Yes.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 8 September 2021
Ross Greer
Yes, convener. It was very useful.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 8 September 2021
Ross Greer
Thank you both. That is all from me for now, convener.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 8 September 2021
Ross Greer
For the purposes of time, I will ask only one question, which is on the governance arrangements around curriculum for excellence and, specifically, on the OECD’s findings relating to the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland, which are the two major agencies that are responsible for delivery, and their relationship.
In response to the OECD’s report, the Scottish Government announced that those two bodies will, in essence, be merged. Education Scotland’s inspection function is being removed. That function will be carried out independently, which is supported across the Parliament. However, the body that is responsible for developing the curriculum and the body that is responsible for developing qualifications will be brought together. I recognise the point that was made about the qualifications system and the curriculum simply not aligning, so, on the face of it, it makes a lot of sense to bring the two agencies together in order to get, I hope, better alignment. However, is that a common governance arrangement in other comparable education systems?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting date: 23 June 2021
Ross Greer
Although it is not a registrable interest, I have membership of the Disclosure Scotland protection of vulnerable groups scheme for the purposes of youth work with the Church of Scotland.