Which of the following pieces of information can be found in the syllabus select one

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Switching to portfolio of evidence

• What are the criteria for switching to portfolio of evidence?
• What do we have to do to prove we can’t do exams? What information can a school give Cambridge?
• Our parents are worried about sending their children to school. Can we switch to portfolio of evidence?
• What will happen when we move to the portfolio of evidence route?
• Could exams and the portfolio of evidence route both be used in the same series?
• How late can we switch to portfolio of evidence?
• What happens if exams have to stop after the start of the of exam series?
• Once we have been switched to portfolio of evidence, can we switch back to taking exams if the situation improves?

Cambridge International AS & A Level

• How will Cambridge International AS Level grade awarded through the portfolio of evidence route be used for students taking A Level in future exam series?
• My candidates are taking the Cambridge International A Level linear route. Why are you asking for six pieces of evidence for linear A Level?

Exemptions and access arrangements

• We had planned to apply for an exemption for the practical component and our candidates are not able to provide evidence of the practical assessment objectives. How should we address this?
• I am an exams officer, and my school is in a country that has been switched to the portfolio of evidence route. Are there any tasks from the exams route I still need to carry out, for example, exemptions or submitting forecast grades?
• I have already applied for access arrangements - what do I need to do?

Gathering evidence

• Can a centre choose different pieces of work for different students based on their achievements per syllabus or does a centre have to use the same pieces of work set for each student in the syllabus?
• Does the hour's worth of work need to be completed all at once?
• Where a syllabus has fewer than three components, can we include one completed past paper for one component and two completed past papers for the other component to make up the three pieces of evidence?
• Is it acceptable to submit raw scores rather than candidates' actual work as evidence?
• Can we use an average score from topic tests as one of the three sources of evidence?
• Where the tasks on an exam paper take an hour each to complete, does the whole paper count as one piece of evidence or can each task count as a separate piece of evidence?
• Can a class or homework assignment be used instead of an assessment?
• Can assessments be invigilated via Teams?
• Can we submit two or more smaller tasks that, combined, constitute one substantial piece admissible as evidence?
• If the minimum amount of time a candidate needs to spend on a piece of evidence is an hour, is it acceptable to set a 30 minute question and give candidates an hour to complete it?
• Please could you clarify about pupils not knowing the topic of an assessment. Surely they have to know the overall topic they are being assessed on (i.e. Coasts / Hazards) so do you just mean they should not know the specific questions beforehand. These are not supposed to be exams because exams have been cancelled. They are pupil assessments.
• Can I use multiple-choice questions as evidence?
• Can we use a phone to scan evidence for the portfolio?
• When conducting mock exams, do we need to follow the regulations in the Cambridge Handbook and how should we record this?
• If two different teachers teach one syllabus, can they select portfolio of evidence materials separately and clarify this in one rationale document?
• What will Cambridge do if you feel the evidence uploaded does not cover enough syllabus and assessment objectives?

Past papers

• Can we adapt past papers to fit the requirement of one hour minimum and the content covered by our candidates?
• How can candidates complete a past paper if they have not covered all the syllabus content?
• Our candidates have seen all the papers available for this syllabus. Can we still use these papers as part of our evidence?
• What do you mean by a completed past paper?
• Where the syllabus is new for 2022, or has significant changes, what past papers do we use?

Coursework

• Can we use partial coursework, in line with the requirement for component adjustments?
• If a piece of coursework is made up of two tasks, does this count as two pieces of evidence if they each took longer than an hour to complete, or does this count as one piece of evidence?
• If the syllabus has a coursework component, does the coursework have to make up one of the pieces of evidence?

General

• Receiving and storing confidential exam materials
• Are we expected to produce forecast grades if we are using portfolio of evidence route?
• Can candidates who are resitting following a school-assessed grade result use the same pieces of evidence for the portfolio of evidence as was used in setting the school-assessed grade?
• Can we outsource the scanning of students’ work – for example, to a scanning firm – for including in the portfolio of evidence?
• What can we do if we have concerns about a grade awarded using the portfolio of evidence route?
• How will the portfolio be marked and graded?
• Do you expect us to follow the same security guidelines for mocks as we would for actual exams, or can we release papers to teachers, or topics to students, in advance?
• Is it acceptable for students to sit assessments at different times? If so, should we redact the date and version information given on past papers to maintain the integrity of the exam?
• Is it possible to get feedback from Cambridge in advance about whether the three pieces of evidence we are submitting are appropriate?
• Can we apply for special consideration for portfolios of evidence?
• Will the dates of when evidence was completed be considered as part of marking the portfolio?
• Is the mark scheme is tailored to our school?

Rationale document

• Do we keep the Rationale Document? Or should it be sent when submitting students' work?
• Will access arrangements be included in the rationale document?

Secure materials

• If a candidate misses the planned assessment windows to take a past paper, can we apply for “absent for acceptable reason” as evidence could not be included?
• Is Cambridge still sending exam scripts to centres? Can we use the papers we have received to produce evidence for the portfolio, as long as it is after the exam day?

Submitting work to Cambridge International

• Can the work be submitted digitally, or will you require hard copies?
• Can teachers access Submit for Assessment, or only the Exams Officer?
• What happens if we cannot edit our evidence to include information on the front page which is listed on page 3 of your Administrative guide: Submitting portfolios of evidence using Submit for Assessment?

Which of the following pieces of information are on the syllabus?

What is the most important information in the syllabus?

What components should be in syllabus?

What is syllabus example?