1. Assessment Standards K-9
Department Of Education
June 6th, 2008

2. Jurisdictions where assessment has been included in curriculum or in supplemental documents
WNCP – more specifically, Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Britain
State of Victoria, Australia
Australia

3. Jurisdictions with comprehensive common assessment programs
Ontario
Australia and its states
Britain

4. Western and Northern Common Curricular Framework
Highly organized
4 strands deconstructed into GCOs and furthermore into SCOs
Achievement indicators, linked with each SCO, “may” be used to evaluate understanding
Alberta developed illustrative example problems (p62) to accompany each SCO

5. The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8
5 strands deconstructed into overall expectations (GCOs) and furthermore into specific expectations (SCOs)
SCOs listed with illustrative examples
Assessment standards developed by use of achievement chart (p22)
SCOs within a particular task evaluated based on achievement level criteria
See Exemplar for examples of such an evaluation on grade 8 tasks.

6. Quebec’s Curricular Framework
Emphasis of 3 mathematical competencies
Evaluation criteria (p199, 203, 205) provided indicating the necessary requirements for the understanding of each of the 3 competencies
Assessment standards based on student’s ability to meet this criteria.

7. British Key Stage 3 Framework
Key Stage 3 – grades 7, 8, and 9
5 strands deconstructed by grade into learning objectives
Objectives for each grade are accompanied by example problems of what students ought to be able to do
Project developed to specifically address a national assessment standard called APP (Assessing Pupils’ Progress)…

8. Assessing Pupils’ Progress (British Assessment)
Assessment criteria organized by level which are consistent throughout all grades
Sets of Key Indicators (KIs) link learning objectives to each of the levels
Focused Assessment Materials are provided to teachers, helping them to assess learning objectives based on the KIs
By grade 9, students should have a level 5-7 comprehension of the learning objectives

9. Victorian Essential Learning Standards (Australia)
Well charted out at each level of achievement
3 intermediate progression points for each level
5 strands - each has a corresponding progression outlining the expected standard

10. Assessment in Australia
Comprehensive integration of curriculum to standards and assessment of those standards
Sample national testing is complete on an agreed upon schedule in years 3,5,7 & 9
Clear statement of outcomes at each level of study
Benchmarks for measuring progress as student moves from one level to the next

11. Australia’s Unique Corporation
The Minister of Education established a corporation the Curriculum Corporation
Focuses on
Curriculum development
Assessment products
Drawn from first-hand experience
On-line resource Assessment for Learning