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)

Tasmania

1. Standards and Benchmarking

1.1 What does your state/territory understand by the terms standards and benchmarking?

In early childhood the State has a set of Key Intended Literacy Outcomes (KILOs) and a set of Key Intended Numeracy Outcomes (KINOs). These are assessed for every student in the Government system and are used as a basis for determining partnership agreements between District Superintendents and school communities.

In the middle years of schooling only the Year 7 literacy benchmarks are used for similar purposes as above.