AS 91608 Annotated exemplars

This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars are extracts of student evidence, with commentary, that explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.

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For Excellence, the student needs to undertake comprehensive brief development to address an issue within a determined context.

This involves justifying why the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

This student has developed a brief for an educational game for young children to play on a personal device.

The student has justified (1) why the specifications (2) allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (3).

For a more secure Excellence, the student could provide evidence of further ongoing reflection of context considerations and wider stakeholder feedback.

For Merit, the student needs to undertake in-depth brief development to address an issue within a determined context.

This involves demonstrating (1) how the specifications (2) allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (3).

This student has developed a brief for a website that allows students to order food from the school tuck shop.

The student has demonstrated how the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

To reach Excellence, the student could show more evidence of on-going wider stakeholder feedback and justifying why the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

For Merit, the student needs to undertake in-depth brief development to address an issue within a determined context.

This involves demonstrating how the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

This student has developed a brief for a database for stock control of an antiques shop.

Evidence is provided that demonstrates how the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7).

For a more secure Merit, the student could have provided more evidence of wider stakeholder consultation.

For Achieved, the student needs to undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context.

This involves:

• establishing an issue, identifying and explaining related context considerations
• determining a need or opportunity that resides within the established issue
• ongoing reflection of views of key stakeholders associated with the need or opportunity and wider stakeholders associated with the context
• ongoing reflection of context considerations including the social and physical environment where the outcome will be developed and situated
• developing a final brief that allows judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

This student has developed a brief that leads to a prototype for a nurse’s uniform for a hospital in Kenya.

The student has established an issue (1) and identified related context considerations (2). The context considerations have been explained as related to an established issue (3). They have determined a need or opportunity that resides within the established issue (3).

Evidence is seen of ongoing reflection of views of key stakeholders associated with the need or opportunity and wider stakeholders associated with the context (4). The student shows ongoing reflection of context considerations including the social and physical environment where the outcome will be developed and situated (5).

The student then developed a final brief developed that allowed judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (not shown here).

To reach Merit, the student could demonstrate how the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

The student then developed a final brief developed that allowed judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense (not shown here).

To reach Merit, the student could demonstrate how the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

For Achieved, the student needs to undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context.

This involves:

• establishing an issue and identifying related context considerations
• explaining the context considerations as related to an established issue
• determining a need or opportunity that resides within the established issue
• ongoing reflection of views of key stakeholders associated with the need or opportunity and wider stakeholders associated with the context
• ongoing reflection of context considerations including the social and physical environment where the outcome will be developed and situated
• developing a final brief that allows judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

The student is undergoing brief development to make recipe cards for distribution in a foodbank.

These excerpts show that the student has established an issue (1) and identified related context considerations (2). The context considerations are explained relative to the established issue (3). Ongoing reflections of views of key stakeholders (4) with the need or opportunity and the wider stakeholders associated with the context is evident (5).

The student has conducted ongoing reflection of context considerations including the social and physical environment where the outcome will be developed and situated (not exemplified).

A final brief that allows judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense has been created (6).

For a more secure Achieved, the student could provide more development of the final brief with more detail about the specifications to allow judgements of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

For Achieved, the student needs to undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context.

This involves:

• establishing an issue and identifying related context considerations
• explaining the context considerations as related to an established issue
• determining a need or opportunity that resides within the established issue
• ongoing reflection of views of key stakeholders associated with the need or opportunity and wider stakeholders associated with the context
• ongoing reflection of context considerations including the social and physical environment where the outcome will be developed and situated
• developing a final brief that allows judgement of an outcome’s fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.

This excerpt shows evidence of ongoing reflection of context considerations including the social (1) and physical environment (1) where the outcome will be developed and situated.

A final brief has been developed (2) (3) (4) (5).

To reach Achieved, the student could establish an issue and identify related context considerations, explain the context considerations as related to an established issue.