National Assessment

National Assessment in Civics and Citizenship was introduced in 2004 when the MCEETYA Civics and Citizenship Assessment Domain was released and the first sample survey testing of Years 6 and 10 students took place.

This section of the site contains:

About National Assessment

Background information about the introduction of National Assessment

Professional Learning

A professional development module which contains detailed information about National Assessment and activities which help schools identify where areas of the domain are already taught within the school and where there are further opportunities for teaching this material.

National Assessment Domain

Information and links to the MCEETYA Assessment Domain

Teaching the Assessment Domain

Using Discovering Democracy units, assessment resources and readers to teach the Assessment Domain

National Assessment Report

The National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship Years 6 & 10 Report 2007 was released by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs in February 2009.