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School Curriculum and Standards Authority

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The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is the statutory authority responsible for developing school curriculum and standards in education across Western Australia. The agency superseded the Curriculum Council of Western Australia which was disbanded following a litany of failures in 2012 by the education minister Peter Collier.

The inaugural chair of the Authority is Patrick Garnett.

The Authority is supported by a secretariat of about 148 staff.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Authority include

  • setting standards of student achievement and for the assessment and certification of student achievement according to those standards
  • developing an outline of curriculum and assessment in schools that, taking account of the needs of students, sets out the knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes that students are expected to acquire and guidelines for the assessment of student achievement
  • developing and accrediting courses for schools
  • maintaining a database of information relating to the participation by students during their school years in education, training or employment as provided by the School Education Act
  • the achievement of students during those years
  • records of assessment in respect to students

    • References

    School Curriculum and Standards Authority Wikipedia
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