Shared Glossary
Glossary
Searchable glossary containing hundreds of definitions and descriptions of education terms, acronyms and abbreviations used by the LTS online service and in Scottish education.
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| QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) |
A non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). It is governed by a board, whose members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, and managed on a day-to-day basis by an executive team. |
| QIO |
Quality Improvement Officer, employed by local authority education services to help raise achievement and manage improvement. |
| QoS |
Quality of Service is the idea that transmission rates, error rates and other characteristics of network traffic can be measured, improved, and, to some extent, guaranteed in advance. QoS is of particular concern for the continuous transmission of high-bandwidth video and multimedia information. |
| QuACD (Qualifications, Assessment and Curriculum Division) |
A division of SEED. |
| Quality assurance (of assessment) |
A means of confirming the extent to which intended outcomes have been fulfilled. |
| Questioning techniques |
Black and Wiliam highlight the need for improved questioning to encourage development of pupils' higher-order cognitive skills. Advice includes structuring higher-order and lower-order questions, and allowing wait time. |