Field          Social Sciences

Revision of Level 1 and 2 Geography achievement standards

Revised achievement standards

Domain	ID	Subject reference
Geography	91012	1.6
	91241	2.2
	91244	2.5
	91245	2.6
	91246	2.7

New Registration date November 2017

Date new versions published                                                          November 2017

Planned review date                                                                           December 2019

Main changes resulting from Agreed 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
Geography 1.6	91012	Int	Amendment to Explanatory Note (EN) 2 by replacing “assessing” with “describing in detail” in the second bullet point for Merit.  This is consistent with other Merit expectations.
Geography 2.2	91241	Int	Amendment to EN 2 by replacing “explaining” with “describing” in the first bullet points for Achieved and Merit.  This clarifies what is required.
Geography 2.5	91244	Int	Amendment to EN 2 by adding “/or” to the fourth bullet point for Achieved.  This becomes a more realistic expectation for Level 2 compared to expectations for Level 3.
Geography 2.6	91245	Int	Amendment to EN 2 so that only one viewpoint is required when describing/explaining change over time as not all viewpoints change.
Geography 2.7	91246	Int	Amendment to EN 2 by replacing “causes” with “the factors and/or processes”, and removing reference to “causes” from EN 3.  This aligns with wording in Level 1 and Level 3 standards.