BTEC International Level 2 Music

Unit 2: Music Skills Development — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 2 Unit 2 (Music Skills Development) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Mandatory (Pearson-set)60 GLH9 criteria
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

3 criteria
A.P1Produce competent initial responses to a range of stimuli
B.P1Use a range of musical techniques effectively to develop and extend initial musical ideas
C.P4Present a successful and competent completed composition in an appropriate format

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Produce inventive initial responses to a range of stimuli
B.M3Use a range of musical techniques creatively to develop and extend initial musical ideas
C.M4Present a highly successful and creative completed composition in an appropriate format

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Task 2
B.D2Task 3
C.D3Sources of information

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ProduceUsePresentTaskSources
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

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