Do the Victorian Essential Learning Standards replace the Curriculum and Standards Framework (CSF) II?
The Victorian Essential Learning Standards replace CSF II as the policy framework for curriculum and assessment for Prep to Year 10 in all Victorian schools. From 2006, the Standards will be implemented in schools progressively. The school curriculum and reports to parents will be organised around three core and interrelated strands and not the eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs) defined in the CSF. The CSF has many strengths, providing a strong scope and sequence of learning across eleven years of schooling and will remain an important curriculum resource to help teachers develop teaching and learning programs. The CSF provides a broad overview of learning experiences in specific areas, but does not prioritise the essential learning and learning standards within each of the KLAs. In addition, the CSF does not systematically identify within each KLA knowledge, skills, and behaviours in interdisciplinary learning or physical, personal and social learning in explicit ways.
