Controlled Assessment Tasks
Useful Downloads
Candidate Record Sheet
(PDF), Last Updated: 04 November 2011
Controlled Assessment History Moderation Checklist
(PDF), Last Updated: 07 October 2011
Controlled Assessment History PowerPoint
(PPT), Last Updated: 23 December 2009
Controlled Assessment Student Guidance
(PDF), Last Updated: 30 June 2011
Controlled Assessment Student Guide
(PDF), Last Updated: 20 January 2010
Controlled Assessment Teacher Guidance
(PDF), Last Updated: 30 June 2011
History Agreement Trial September 2011
(PPT), Last Updated: 03 January 2012
We award 25 percent of the marks for controlled assessment. The controlled assessment task, an investigative study, is the same for both Foundation Tier and Higher Tier students.
The teacher marks the student’s work and we moderate it.
The investigative study gives students an opportunity to investigate specific questions, problems or issues. Students must apply their historical skills and knowledge. They must use and investigate a range of appropriate media and come to understand, analyse and evaluate how the past has been interpreted and represented in different ways.
Students may use oral, written or visual primary and secondary sources. Teachers can advise their students on where to locate sources for their research, as well as on whether particular sources are appropriate.
Teachers should enable their students to investigate motive and bias as they work with source material during this assignment. They should also encourage students to conduct independent research to give their work individuality.
Students must write up the final analysis and evaluation of their findings under direct supervision within a 3 hour period. This does not have to be completed in one sitting.
The work of individual students may be informed by working with others, but each student must provide an individual response. Students must complete the analysis and evaluation of findings independently.
We replace the investigative study tasks each year.
For more information, see the specification.