National Assessment
National Assessment in Civics and Citizenship was introduced in 2004 when the MCEETYA Civics and Citizenship Assessment Domain was released and the first sample survey testing of Years 6 and 10 students took place.
This section of the site contains:
Background information about the introduction of National Assessment
A professional development module which contains detailed information about National Assessment and activities which help schools identify where areas of the domain are already taught within the school and where there are further opportunities for teaching this material.
Information and links to the MCEETYA Assessment Domain
Teaching the Assessment Domain
Using Discovering Democracy units, assessment resources and readers to teach the Assessment Domain
The National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship Years 6 & 10 Report was released by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs on 16 December 2006.