Curriculum Trends across Australia in 2000

Curriculum Trends across Australia in 2000 - State by State

ACACA Compulsory Years of Schooling Group

Published by the Board of Studies NSW for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Authorities (ACACA)

Queensland

1. Standards and Benchmarking

1.2 How are standards and benchmarks currently applied in your state/territory? (current practice)

Student Performance Standards are no longer used in Queensland. The Queensland School Curriculum Council is currently developing syllabuses for each of the nationally agreed key learning areas. These syllabuses specify learning outcomes (core and discretionary) for a number of strands and levels. Standards have been established thus:

Typically students:

at the end of Year 3 are achieving at Level 2;

at the end of Year 5 are achieving at Level 3;

at the end of Year 7 are achieving at Level 4; and

at the end of Year 10 are achieving at Level 6 or beyond.

The National Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks are used in Queensland in the development of literacy and numeracy tests for Years 3, 5 and 7.