Edexcel GCSE Progress Test 1 : Investigating Small Businesses

This 30-mark assessment test is source-based and follows the same format as the Edexcel GCSE examinations, common across the United Kingdom. It covers the Paper 1 exam - ´Investigating Small Businesses´ from the GCSE syllabus, to include the topics from 1.1-1.3. The test includes a 6-mark Analyse question as well as a 9-mark Justify question. There are a few short multiple choice questions, as well as Explain questions, plus a State and an Outline question as well. The topics covered are also standard for the majority of other GCSE Business qualifications. A second progress test covers the other two topics covered in the syllabus, from 1.4-1.5 - and is available to purchase separately now.

A full mark-scheme is included which suggests potential answers and can be useful to show students once they have attempted to answer the exam themselves. It also included suggested grades based on the 9-1 grading system and which is in line with similar exams in previous years.

This new progress test follows the NEW design for examinations in that the non-application questions are in one section a the start - and the application questions, with the source information - are in a separate section.

The progress tests are designed to help schools to track student progress throughout the course - but are NOT meant to replace the use of past paper examinations - which is of course an essential element of final preparations. The idea is for students to learn how to improve on exam technique through the practice of shorter and more manageable progress tests, written in the same format as those of the official examinations.