Field          Multifield

Revision of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Drama Studies, English, and Geography achievement standards - multi-level.

Revised achievement standards

Domain	ID	Subject reference
Agricultural and Horticultural Science	91294	2.6
	91530	3.3
Drama Studies	91215	2.3
	91514	3.3
English Visual Language	90850	1.2
English Oral Language	91099	2.2
Geography	91242	2.3

New Registration date November 2017

Date new versions published                                                          November 2017

Planned review date                                                                           December 2019

Main changes resulting from Revision of Achievement Standards

The changes to these achievement standards have been discussed and agreed to jointly by the Ministry of Education and NZQA in the Review of Achievement Standards group.

Subject Ref	ID	Int/Ext	Change and reasons for change
Ag/Ht 2.6	91294	Ext	New Explanatory Note (EN) 3.  This defines livestock in a broad way so that agribusiness contexts can be used for assessment.
Ag/Ht 3.3	91530	Ext	Amendment to EN 3 replacing “agricultural or horticultural” with “primary industry”, so that agribusiness contexts can be used for assessment.
Drama 3.3	91514	Ext	Amendment to EN 4 by removing “purpose”, for clarification, so that purpose is distinct from “features”.
Drama 2.3	91215	Ext	Amendment to EN 3 by removing “purpose”, for clarification, so that purpose is distinct from “features”.
English 1.2	90850	Ext	Amendment to EN 8 by adding an extra bullet “digital/online text”, to add a further option for text type.
English 2.2	91099	Ext	Amendment to EN 6 by adding an extra bullet “digital/online text”, to add a further option for text type.
Geography 2.3	91242	Ext	Amendment EN 3 by replacing “and” with “and/or”.  This allows for case studies where the factors are mainly cultural or natural.  The “and” proved to be too restrictive.