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A Consultation on the Next Generation of National Qualifications in Scotland

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1 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report on Quality and Equity of Schooling in Scotland ( OECD 2007).

2 For reasons of brevity we have used the term teachers to cover all educators.

3 National Qualifications cover Standard Grade, Access 1, 2 and 3, Intermediate 1 and 2, Higher and Advanced Higher.

4 Guidance on the appropriate age and stage when young people can be presented for externally assessed qualifications (Scottish Executive Education Department Circular 03/2005).

5 Improving Scottish Education ( HMIE 2006).

6 Further information on the concordat is available on the Scottish Government website - see reference section at the end of this document.

7 Skills for Scotland: A Lifelong Skills Strategy (Scottish Government 2007).

8 Literacy Across the Curriculum - see reference section at the end of this document.

9 Numeracy Across the Curriculum - see reference section at the end of this document.

10 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations

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