National Assessment Domain
The MCEETYA Civics and Citizenship Assessment Domain for Year 6 consists of three levels.
Level 1: Two Key Performance Measures
KPM 1: Civics: Knowledge & Understanding of Civic Institutions & Processes
Knowledge of key concepts and understandings relating to civic institutions and
processes in Australian democracy, government, law, national identity,
diversity, cohesion and social justice.
KPM 2: Citizenship: Dispositions & Skills for Participation Understandings
related to the attitudes, values, dispositions, beliefs, and actions that underpin
active democratic citizenship.
Level 2: The Domain Descriptors for each KPM
Year 6
KPM 1: Civics: Knowledge and Understanding of Civic Institutions and Processes
Within primary schooling this KPM anticipates that students can:
6.1 Recognise key features of Australian democracy.
6.2 Describe the development of Australian self-government and democracy.
6.3 Outline the roles of political and civic institutions in
6.4 Understand the purposes and processes of creating and changing rules and laws.
6.5 Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizens in
6.6 Recognise that
KPM 2: Citizenship: Dispositions and Skills for Participation
Within primary schooling this KPM expects that students can:
6.7 Recognise that citizens require certain skills and dispositions to participate effectively in democratic decision making.
6.8 Identify ways that Australian citizens can effectively participate in their society and its governance.
6.9 Recognise the ways that understanding of and respect for commonalities and differences contribute to harmony within a democratic society.
6.10 Understand why citizens choose to engage in civic life and decision making.
Year 10
KPM 1: Civics: Knowledge and Understanding of Civic Institutions and Processes
These Year 10 Civics KPMs assume that the Year 6 KPMs have already been achieved by students.
Within secondary schooling this KPM expects that students can:
10.1 Recognise that perspectives on Australian democratic ideas and civic institutions vary and change over time.
10.2 Understand the ways in which the Australian Constitution impacts on the lives of Australian citizens.
10.3 Understand the role of law making and governance in
10.4 Understand the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a range of contexts.
10.5 Analyse how
10.6 Analyse
KPM 2: Citizenship: Dispositions and Skills for Participation
These Year 10 Civics KPMs assume that the Year 6 KPMs have already been achieved by students.
Within secondary schooling this KPM expects that students can:
10.7 Understand that citizens require certain knowledge, skills and dispositions to participate effectively in democratic political and civic action.
10.8 Analyse the role of a critical citizenry in
10.9 Analyse the relationship between democratic values and social justice as an important aspect of
10.10 Analyse the reasons Australians make choices about participating in political and civic processes.
Level 3: Professional Elaboration
The professional elaboration contains details of the Assessment Domain. It explains the knowledge, understandings, dispositions and skills that students are required to demonstrate in the assessment.
Teachers will find this document useful in developing civics and citizenship teaching and learning materials for students.
The full details of the professional elaboration are contained in the Assessment Domain link in the National Assessment Program: Civics and Citizenship section of the MCEETYA website.