Indicative progress

Indicative progress

An important aspect of curriculum planning is being able to articulate what student progress looks like, using the achievement standards in the curriculum continuum.

To support teachers to tie together what is being taught and how progress between achievement standards is described and demonstrated, the notion of "indicative progress" emerged.

Developing indicative progress descriptions during the planning phase will assist teachers to explain the learning expectations to the students, and assess and report student achievement.

To assist teachers to do so, the VCAA has developed indicative progress templates for teachers to use, an annotated example showing the key elements that need to be addressed when populating the template, and curriculum-specific indicative progress examples as stimulus material.

Indicative progress templates

Indicative progress templates have been developed for all levels/bands within each curriculum area, and are made available as:

• primary levels - covering Foundation level through to Level 7 or band 7-8
• secondary levels - beginning at Level 6 or band 5-6.

This structure is to support planning with a focus on student progression along the curriculum continuum and encourage primary schools to explore the extension into higher levels and secondary schools to consider the lower levels to scaffold learning.

Teachers can use the indicative progress templates to support the development of their own descriptions of student progress based on their teaching and learning plans. This annotated example identifies the steps involved in developing indicative progress descriptions.

Indicative progress examples

Indicative progress examples are designed to be used with the indicative progress templates as a stimulus material, to support teachers to develop their own descriptions of indicative progress.

The indicative progress examples start with a context statement, written to resemble an element of a teaching and learning program and include references to the most relevant content descriptions. The examples illustrate a progression of learning, using specific points that link between two consecutive achievement standards (which are highlighted in the same colour).

Examples of indicative progress are provided for each curriculum area between every achievement standard e.g., for curriculum areas where there are achievement standards at five levels, examples are provided between F-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-10.

The indicative progress examples are intended as stimulus materials only and do not attempt to provide a comprehensive description of a mid-way point toward an achievement standard.

Auslan First Language F–10 sequence. Primary levels - covering Foundation level through to Level 7 or band 7-8

Auslan Second Language F–10 sequence. Secondary levels - beginning at Level 6 or band 5-6.