Foreword
Why Outcomes?
CF & SOS
Outcomes Education
Managing Change
Curriculum Provision
Introduction
Student Achievement
Learning Environment
Classroom Approaches
Pedagogy
School Plan
Case Studies
Assessment
Introduction
Classroom Approaches
School Policy
Case Studies
Reporting
Introduction
Reporting Methods
School Policy
Case Studies
References
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Updated: Mar 2000 | Foreword
The purpose of Focusing on Outcomes is to demonstrate the role of Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting: Policy and Guidelines in establishing an outcomes focus to education consistent with the Curriculum Framework and informed by the Outcomes & Standards Framework. This publication explores policy requirements, appropriate directions and critical issues, while recognising that the individual nature of each school will significantly determine what is required to implement an outcomes focus. In 1996, as a result of the Student Outcome Statements trial, the Education Department of Western Australia recognised the need to support teachers in the move to an outcomes focus in assessment and reporting. The Department commenced working with schools to document examples of best practice under the Reporting and Assessment Materials Project (RAMP). Twenty-one case studies documented through RAMP are used here to demonstrate flexibility and variation in teacher and school approaches to meeting student, parent and systemic needs. As the Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting: Policy and Guidelines will become fully operational in 2005, schools are now beginning to review their practices. Implementation, commencing from a review of curriculum, assessment or reporting, will, of necessity, require adjustments to the other components of the teaching and learning cycle. Ensuring consistency between these components is essential to purposeful review. Moving to an outcomes-focused approach that meets policy requirements will mean careful planning and management of the change process. Ensuring that the appropriate conditions exist to support review and change will be a focus for all those concerned with effective implementation. Focusing on Outcomes should be a valuable resource for use at district, school and classroom levels. Focusing on Outcomes is in three parts and provides guidance on:
The case studies demonstrate a variety of approaches by teachers and schools to the establishment of an outcomes focus. They provide glimpses of how policies and practices were changed as a result.
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