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)

Victoria

1. Standards and Benchmarking

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

 

Standards are implicit in the curriculum documents prepared by the Board of Studies. Standards refers to the acceptable achievement levels of students in a particular band of year levels engaged with concepts and content of a particular area of the curriculum.