Clearly, there will be a lot of information coming out over the next few weeks and it is important that you have the latest information. To keep up to date you can:

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• use this timeline to help track progress (PDF, 100KB)

The aim is to make sure students receive grades to progress to the next stage of their education.

We have provided detailed guidance to ensure this happens. This includes:

• Additional Assessment Materials
• guidance material on marking exemplification
• information on the quality assurance process and appeals
• general support around timelines and submission systems
  

The A level Economics A Summer 2021 support page includes links to the summer 2021 assessment materials and the overview document which has all the information in one place.

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• Go to the summer 2021 support page
• Go to the A level Economics A Summer 2021 support page

These materials are available in the subject pages under ‘Summer 2021 assessment materials for centres’.

The additional assessment materials have been drawn from past paper content, from both published and unpublished material. A reminder of what this means below:

• ‘Published’ those materials publicly available on the Pearson website and
• ‘Unpublished ’those materials still under padlock to our centres (mainly papers from 2019/2020). 
  

Find out about support for both delivery and assessment as well as a group to meet colleagues teaching the same specification.

• Go to the delivery support page
• Go to the assessment support page
• Go to the Economics B Facebook group

The aim is to make sure students receive grades to progress to the next stage of their education.

We have provided detailed guidance to ensure this happens. This includes:

Additional Assessment Materials
guidance material on marking exemplification
information on the quality assurance process and appeals
general support around timelines and submission systems

The A level Economics B Summer 2021 support page includes links to the summer 2021 assessment materials and the overview document which has all the information in one place.

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• Go to the Summer 2021 support page
• Go to the A level Economics B Summer 2021 support page

These materials are available in the subject pages under ‘Summer 2021 assessment materials for centres’.

The additional assessment materials have been drawn from past paper content, from both published and unpublished material. A reminder of what this means below:

‘Published’ those materials publicly available on the Pearson website and
‘Unpublished ’those materials still under padlock to our centres (mainly papers from 2019/2020).

Question paper coverage is such that it allows us to draw upon our past paper content, without the need to supplement with new content.

The Additional Assessment Materials, are content organised to allow teachers the freedom to select and assess the content that they have taught their students. This should mean that teachers will have a flexible approach to assessing their students.

In order to use the organised content, teachers have been provided with a mapping grid that includes details on where this content has been drawn from, as well as information like which assessment objectives the question meets.

As suggested by the Secretary of State a proportion of this content will be drawn from unpublished materials (namely 2019/2020 papers).

The mark schemes for these questions will also be provided to teachers.

The use of additional assessment materials in assessing your students is optional. As stated in the Ofqual Consultation outcome 'It would therefore be potentially unfair to enforce compulsory use of these materials'.

• Go to the Summer 2021 assessment materials

Find out about support for both delivery and assessment.

• Go to the delivery support page
• Go to the assessment support page

This training session goes through the processes and guidance that centres taking International qualifications need to be aware of for May/June 2021.

This includes up-to-date information and guidance on:

• Grading
• Quality Assurance
• Appeals
• Further support available for centres

Please note: This session focuses on the series as a whole and the International GCSE and A Level suites. We do not look in-depth at arrangements for particular subjects.

• Watch the training session

One of the forms of evidence available is the optional use of unseen test materials. These test materials can be used in two ways: As unseen materials presented to students in a controlled situation, in a specified timeframe, for them to respond to, or after the specified timeframe, in the knowledge that they may be familiar to students, used as one part of the evidence that supports the teacher grade.

The unseen assessment window has started and is open until 14 May.

Assessments must be used according to the schedule that is available on our website and in line with the approach that is outlined in your centre policy. If you are planning on adapting the assessments this can only be done after the scheduled day the assessment is due to be sat.

If a candidate cannot sit the assessment then please mark them as absent when you return the scripts to us.

Mark schemes will be available from 17 May 2021. Our Principal Examiners may refine the mark schemes and final published mark schemes will be released on 4 June. It is acceptable to use the mark schemes released on 17 May to mark assessments.

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The International AS/A level October exam series will go ahead as planned.

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• Go to the International COVID updates

If you bought copies of the textbooks for this qualification the answers to the questions set in the textbooks are available.

• Go to the answers

We have secured IAL recognition from over 30 new global universities and admissions bodies.

New countries added to the list include Belarus, Israel and Turkey and we increased the recognition in popular European destinations Italy, Netherlands, Germany and Spain.

• IAL university destinations 2020

Find out about support for both delivery and assessment as well as how to contact other teachers.

• Go to the delivery support page
• Go to the assessment support page
• Go to the subject community

This training session goes through the processes and guidance that centres taking International qualifications need to be aware of for May/June 2021.

This includes up-to-date information and guidance on:

• Grading
• Quality Assurance
• Appeals
• Further support available for centres

Please note: This session focuses on the series as a whole and the International GCSE and A Level suites. We do not look in-depth at arrangements for particular subjects.

• Watch the training session

One of the forms of evidence available is the optional use of unseen test materials. These test materials can be used in two ways: As unseen materials presented to students in a controlled situation, in a specified timeframe, for them to respond to, or after the specified timeframe, in the knowledge that they may be familiar to students, used as one part of the evidence that supports the teacher grade.

The unseen assessment window has started and is open until 14 May.

Assessments must be used according to the schedule that is available on our website and in line with the approach that is outlined in your centre policy. If you are planning on adapting the assessments this can only be done after the scheduled day the assessment is due to be sat.

If a candidate cannot sit the assessment then please mark them as absent when you return the scripts to us.

Mark schemes will be available from 17 May 2021. Our Principal Examiners may refine the mark schemes and final published mark schemes will be released on 4 June. It is acceptable to use the mark schemes released on 17 May to mark assessments.

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• Go to the unseen content assessment schedule page
• Go to the International COVID updates

To support the use of these unseen materials, we'll be offering an optional marking service where our expert examiners will mark your students’ responses. We'll mark the test materials and return a mark to you for your consideration when deriving the student grade. We'll provide you with support to understand how the mark aligns with performance descriptors so that you can be confident in your understanding of the mark. This will be an optional service and if you'd prefer to mark the materials yourself, we'll be providing mark schemes and training materials so that you can do so with confidence.

If you wish to use the optional marking service, please ensure you complete the following steps in Edexcel Online:

1. Select GCSE or International A Level from the qualification drop down as required
2. Select ‘International Optional Marking Service’ from the menu
3. Select 'June 2021' and press the ‘Next’ button
4. You will be able to see all subjects for that qualification in the list and your current entries - you can then tick the subjects you require marking or select all if applicable and click submit at the bottom of the page.

We can confirm that the above needs to be completed by 26 April 2021.

We would also like to confirm that use of the marking service is included within the qualification entry fees confirmed in January.