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Revision of Economics Level 3 achievement standard 91402

 

Domain

ID

Subject Reference

Economics

AS91402

3.4

 

The Ministry of Education has completed the revision of the achievement standard listed above.

 

Date new version published                                                             November 2018

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2019

 

Summary

 

The Ministry of Education had been made aware of some concerns around AS91402, regarding the evidence requirements and some of the wording.

 

The Ministry worked with the National Moderator to understand the concerns and then made changes to the standard and resources with a group of current Economics teachers selected through the New Zealand Commerce and Economics Teachers Association (NZCETA), the subject association.

 

The National Moderator provided iterative feedback throughout the process.

 

Main changes

 

·      Market failures was changed to situations where the market fails to deliver efficient or equitable outcomes as market failure has a specific efficiency meaning in Economics which does not include the equity aspects of this standard.

·      Further government interventions were added to Explanatory Note 4 to add clarity for teachers.

·      Only one market failure is now required, with equity and efficiency implications both considered.  Previously at least two situations were considered, meaning students were duplicating a lot of their material without any increased evidential benefits.