Analyze the similarities and differences between the curriculum and assessment structures, especially the role that any formal examinations play in the educational systems.

What core values should underpin the curriculum? What things (understandings, skills, dispositions) are essential for all students to learn by the time they leave school? – Killen (2005, p.69) The New South Wales curriculum and assessment structures are discussed in Lecture 2. The structures provide some indication of the underpinning values and philosophy of the New South Wales educational system. […]