Economics

Assessment

Paper one assesses microeconomics with questions drawn from themes 1 and 3. The paper is composed of multiple choice, short answer questions, a data response question and one open response question. Weighting = 35% of A Level marks Paper two assesses macroeconomics with questions drawn from themes 2 and 4. The paper is composed of multiple choice, short answer questions, a data response question and one open response question. Weighting = 35% of A Level marks Paper three assesses all 4 themes. The paper is composed of 2 sections. Each section comprises one data response question broken down into a number of parts, including a choice of extended open-response questions; students select one from a choice of two. Weighting = 30% of A Level marks