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Key Documents

Each of these links will open in a new window to provide background information. Note that not all of these resources are Department of Education publications. Some (such as the Board of Senior Secondary School Studies materials) although 'old' remain relevant to the issues concerned with growing an assessment culture.

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Growing an Assessment Culture

Issue One ( February 2003)
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Issue Two (July 2003)
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Issue Three (January 2004)
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Issue Four (May 2004)
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Issue Five (October 2004)
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Issue Six (November 2005)
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Background to standards-based assessment

Review of school-based assessment ( ROSBA) Discussion Papers
Produced by the Assessment Unit of the Board of Secondary School Studies in 1985-87.
ACACA Guidelines for Assessment Quality and Equity (new window) 51k
Guidelines developed cooperatively by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Certification Authorities.
Assessment for Learning: 10 Principles (new window) 460k
The Assessment Reform Group ( ARG ) has played a key role in bringing the research evidence about assessment for learning to the attention of the education community.

Years 1-10 Curriculum Framework

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Related EQ activities

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