Curriculum Assessment Reporting in Public Schools Procedures

1. Policy supported

Curriculum Assessment Reporting in Public Schools Policy

2. Scope

These procedures apply to principals and teaching staff in public schools.

3. Procedures

3.1 Deliver curriculum

Principals and teaching staff must deliver a curriculum:

• to all Kindergarten to Year 10 students that addresses their specific learning needs and is consistent with the requirements of the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline;
• to all Years 11 and 12 students that addresses their specific learning needs, and is consistent with the requirements of the Western Australian Certificate of Education Manual;
• that provides all students from Kindergarten to the end of the primary school years with at least fifty percent of curriculum instruction in literacy and numeracy; and
• that provides all students from Kindergarten to Year 10 with at least two hours of physical activity each week, during the school day, as part of the school’s structured teaching and learning program.

3.2 Assessment and reporting

Principals, in consultation with teaching staff, must develop school based assessment and reporting plans, that:

• comply with the requirements of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority for students in Pre-primary to Year 10;
• specify how principals and teachers will report achievement of each student from Kindergarten to Year 12 at the end of each semester, including the requirement that Department-endorsed reporting templates are used for Pre-primary to Year 10; and
• for senior secondary, includes processes for the monitoring, recording and reporting of enrolment and achievement data consistent with the requirements of School Curriculum and Standards Authority.

Principals will approve the final content of the school based assessment and reporting plan.
 

4. Related documents

5. Contact information

Policy manager:              

Manager, Curriculum Priorities

T: (08) 9402 6301

6. History of changes