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Standards
Standards are integral to the alignment of curriculum, assessment and reporting. For teachers, parents and students, they provide a shared language for describing the quality of student achievement.
The Standards are achievement standards linked to the Essential Learnings. Using a 5-point scale, the Standards describe how well a student has demonstrated their learning based on a collection of evidence. They can also be used to report student progress and achievement.
The Standards are the same for all key learning areas:
Assessable elements and descriptors (AEDs)
The assessable elements and descriptors of quality ( AED s) are used to link to the Essential Learnings and Standards, and help teachers make judgments about student achievements.
Sample assessments
Year 1: Building with shapes — Technology
Children investigate 2-D and 3-D shapes in the built environment to meet a particular design challenge.Year 2: Insect designer
Children use technology process to design and make a model insect.Year 2: Let's celebrate
Children investigate, design and make a decoration for use at a time of family celebration, then reflect on the process.Year 3: Certificate design
Students use software to design, create and reflect on a bookmark and a certificate that meets a selected purpose.Year 3: Little green thumbs
Students develop, use and review a system for preparing and caring for a plant over a period of a few weeks.Year 3: Lunch for a friend
Students investigate healthy foods and food preparation practices then survey a friend’s food preferences to make a sandwich they will like.Year 3: Moving forward
Students design, make, evaluate and reflect on toy vehicles that respond to wind energy.Year 4: See our toys move 4 — Design
Students identify and evaluate the design features of toy planes and analyse their purpose.Year 5: Carry it
Students design, make a bag and evaluate for a specific purpose with set materials.Year 5: Circular looms
Students design and create a knitted product that meets the design brief and then reflect on their learning.Year 5: Make a percussion instrument
Students design and construct a percussion instrument documenting their design processes in a design portfolio.Year 7: Designing greeting cards
Students design, make and evaluate a greeting card or set of greeting cards for a specific occasion.Year 7: Make a percussion instrument
Students design and construct a percussion instrument documenting their processes to comply with a design brief.Year 8: Make a stringed instrument
Students design, construct and document a stringed musical instrument to comply with a design brief.Year 8: Textile production
Students respond to a production company’s design brief to create a textile product for a teenage market.Year 9: Business stationery
Students design and create a suite of business stationery for a local business or sporting group.Year 9: Textile design
Students respond to a production company's brief to design a textile product that appeals to the teenage market.Years 8 & 9: Logo design
Students research, design and produce a logo that communicates the service and function of a new landscaping business.Years 8 & 9: Toddler toys
Students design and build a toy suitable for a three- to four-year-old child.
Literacy and Numeracy short assessments for Technology
- Last updated:
- 25 July 2018
