The Achievement Standards

Please note:

Different Achievement Standards (AS) for years eleven twelve. 

They reflect equivalence of achievement across subjects. 

AS are not a rubric in themselves. Rubrics will be drawn from some of the AS suitable for the intended task. All AS will be covered over the the suite of tasks. 

The Arts Framework Panel wrote the Achievement Standards considering key knowledge, understand and skills required by Arts students in years eleven and twelve. 

The grade bands are differentiated using Blooms Taxonomy and the scope of the learning demonstrated in the piece of work

Years eleven and twelve have distinct AS, as after one year of education, by year twelve, students will have enhanced skills and knowledge that are acknowledged by assessment expectations and the AS. 

The AS are the means for providing equity as all students across the jurisdiction will have the same expectations placed upon their performance regardless of the details of the task. 

The Achievement Standards describe grade bands, not scores. There is no fixed relationship between marks and grades.  Internal moderation between classes may change raw scores. 

AS are based on ACARA design specifications.

Choose an activity for a course relevant to you below. 

1.2.1 Examine the end products from SACE students and rank the top four furniture pieces using the Industry and Services Achievement Standards for 2025.

2019 - Design, Technology and Engineering - South Australian Certificate of Education (sace.sa.edu.au) 

1.2.2 Consider the level of thinking demonstrated below against the BSSS Industry and Services Achievement Standards for 2025 in these reflection samples from Hospitality and grade them.  (adapted from Monash University Study Skills Centre)

Student Alpha

We had a period of five weeks to develop and deliver a researched group presentation on a topic of our choice related to issues in Food. We had several problems agreeing on the topic, who should do what task and how to work together effectively. This made me feel impatient and stressed. In the end we wasted quite a lot of time disagreeing and negotiating solutions, and ended up rushing to complete the task on time. However, the topic and the work we did was of high quality after we all managed to agree on what to do and how to do it.

Ultimately this was a positive experience as it indicated what working on a business-based project in my future career might be like, especially with regard to satisfying all the team members and stakeholders. The group assignment has let me understand that different personalities can have very different approaches to work. While not all are effective, each member of a team needs to feel validated and in some cases reminded that the team relies on their input. I think more effective meetings and a written agreement on how we should proceed might work better in future when working with diverse people.

Next time I might use one of the Library resources on effective team work - a contract template - to ensure that we have something to refer back to if members stray from an effective task completion path. Perhaps that will assist in avoiding or responding to conflict if tensions rise due to uneven input from the team’s members.

Student Epsilon

We developed and delivered a researched group presentation in Food. First we argued about the topic. John was really annoying. It was hard to get him to do what he said he would and decide who was going to do the hard things. I was stressed. Then we ended up rushing to complete the task on time. The last minute things worked for us though and even John pulled the finger out. 

If this is what it is like to work in a company-based project and what my future career might be like, I am going to set up my own company with only me.  Satisfying all the team members and stakeholders sucks. Different personalities can have very different approaches to work and I can't be bothered. Like I said to them, 'Do I look bothered?'. I thought it was funny, but they didn't.  If I have to work with other people a written agreement on who is doing what would help and stop them lying, like John. Or like a legal contract, that would keep a group on track. 

Student Theta

In the five weeks we had to develop and deliver a brilliant researched group presentation on on the complex and sophisticated issue we chose in Food, we developed an outstanding response that it a monument to our capacity to work harmoniously as a group. At first there were a few minor problems  agreeing on the topic, and agreeing to task roster and project schedule. However our superior maturity allowed us to patiently negotiate our differences using excellent communication skills. We used out time efficiently in the last week to complete the task on time to a very high standard.

In refining our already excellent group skills, this was a positive experience as it indicated we are well suited to company-based project in my future career in my own restaurant or a five star resort. My leadership was focused on satisfying all the team members and stakeholders and I received compliments about that which will enable me to focus on areas for further development. The group assignment has let me understand that different personalities can have very different approaches to work, for example John required careful management to draw out his talents. With our guidance as a team, he really is blossoming into a fine manager. The experience underlined the significant importance of clearly delineating roles and duties.  

1.2.3 Consider these pieces of student writing against the BSSS Industry and Services Achievement Standards for 2025 and grade them.

Furniture Analysis based on a Prompt (adapted from Monash University)

Compare a furniture designer's work to the following prompt: “Thought expressed with the minimum of words” (Racine, quoted in Collins, 1967, 63)

Student One

Ishigami’s uses a minimalist approach to design. It is similar to the Mies van de Rohe’s ‘less is more’ approach. Ishigami’s furniture feel like they aren't fussy and claustrophobic. His design for the Basic Chair might have been inspired by his work with Ikea. 

Ikea's simple modular approach with minimal use of materials that aren't decorated or over done seem to be a source of inspiration for Ishigami. 

Sou Fujimoto’s work explores what furniture is and how it relates to natural forms. His design of the Tokyo Table  was completed in 2006. Fujimoto used a white cubes as the starting point for the design and then cut away what wasn't required until there was table. That simplicity allows an elegant natural form to emerge.

Ishigami is developing a modern style which is like using minimum words. Ishigami’s minimalism in The Chair shows that. He has become more minimal since his work on the Basic Chair

Student Two

Junya Ishigami’s style is expressed with a minimalist approach to design. He adopts the Mies van de Rohe’s ‘less is more’ approach, similar to Jean Racine’s quote above. When using one of Ishigami’s pieces you feel that he considers what already exists but doesn’t create fuss and mess and designs for endless and open feelings. He drew on both traditional Japanese aesthetics and Danish minimalism. 

That European minimalism was first inspired by Japanese aesthetics in the 1890s and then that minimal approach has now returned in furniture design in the austerity of the post-war period, yet survived to flourish into a beautiful, clean and sustainable mode of living. Ishigami's Table and Chair are beautiful examples of the simplicity that comes from Japanese traditions like tatami mats. 

Ishigami is developing a modern style expressed through a minimum of elements, which echoes the notion of a style that is expressed with minimum words. Ishigami’s minimalism in the Chair and the Table and is a continuation of his own explorations drawing on Danish minimalism.

Student Three

Junya has a minimalist approach to design. There is lots simple shapes like a book with few words. He copied his old bosses from Ikea and Denmark when he designed his chari and table. 

One of the things he copied was Ikeas's chairs and tables. They are also really simple and make people think its really cool. 

Junya's modern style modern style has only a few materials and parts, like minimum words. That is a lot like his old bosses and other Japanese people like that. 

1.2.4 Reflect on the standard demonstrated against the BSSS Industry and Services Achievement Standards for 2025 and grade them. 

Industrial design assignment - Research & Learning Online (monash.edu)