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)

Western Australia

1. Standards and Benchmarking

1.3 Briefly outline the work being done in the area of standards and benchmarking in your state/territory.

 

There is currently no systematic application of standards. In addition to our current testing, we are moving towards testing and reporting against Year 7 literacy benchmarks in 2001 and Year 7 numeracy benchmarks in 2002.