Field          English

Revision of Level 1 and 2 English Visual Language achievement standards

Domain	ID	Subject reference
English Visual Language	AS90855	English 1.7
	AS91103	English 2.6

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has revised the achievement standards listed above.

Date new versions published             November 2019

Planned review date                              December 2020

Summary of revision and consultation process

This revision arose from the need for explanatory notes detailing the criteria for the use of language features to be consistent with the achievement criteria.

The need for change was initially identified by the National Assessment Moderator (NAM).

The NAM, MoE and the New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English have reviewed and accepted the changes.

Main changes resulting from the revision

The key changes are within the explanatory notes (EN) as follows:

· AS90855: “with control” was added to the wording of EN 11.

· AS91103: “to create effects” and “convincing” were added to paragraph 4 and 5 respectively of EN 2, to indicate the progression from Achieved to Merit as it is described in the achievement criteria.