Assessment Standards at NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3

Assessment Standards at NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3

Vocational Pathways assessment standards for the 2027 academic year. Match recommended and sector-related assessment standards by choosing level, industry pathway and standards type. For additional detail about specific standards, please use the Search Framework on the NZQA website.

Found 2777 matching standards

Standard

Description

Credits

  1. 91399

    Demonstrate understanding of the efficiency of market equilibrium

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended

    4

  2. 91400

    Demonstrate understanding of the efficiency of different market structures using marginal analysis

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  3. 91401

    Demonstrate understanding of micro-economic concepts

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended

    5

  4. 91402

    Demonstrate understanding of government interventions where the market fails to deliver efficient or equitable outcomes

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended

    5

  5. 91403

    Demonstrate understanding of macro-economic influences on the New Zealand economy

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    6

  6. 91404

    Demonstrate understanding of accounting concepts for a New Zealand reporting entity

    Level 3 - Mathematics

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  7. 91405

    Demonstrate understanding of accounting for partnerships

    Level 3 - Mathematics

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  8. 91406

    Demonstrate understanding of company financial statement preparation

    Level 3 - Mathematics

    Services Industries Recommended

    5

  9. 91407

    Prepare a report for an external user that interprets the annual report of a New Zealand reporting entity

    Level 3 - Mathematics

    5

  10. 91408

    Demonstrate understanding of management accounting to inform decision-making

    Level 3 - Mathematics

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  11. 91409

    Demonstrate understanding of a job cost subsystem for an entity

    Level 3 - Mathematics

    Services Industries Recommended

    4

  12. 91410

    Carry out an independent practical Earth and Space Science investigation

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended

    4

  13. 91411

    Investigate a socio-scientific issue in an Earth and Space Science context

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  14. 91412

    Investigate the evidence related to dating geological event(s)

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  15. 91413

    Demonstrate understanding of processes in the ocean system

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  16. 91414

    Demonstrate understanding of processes in the atmosphere system

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  17. 91415

    Investigate an aspect of astronomy

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  18. 91416

    Perform two programmes of music as a featured soloist

    Level 3 - The Arts

    Creative Industries Recommended

    8

  19. 91417

    Perform a programme of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  20. 91418

    Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing two substantial pieces of music as a member of a group

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  21. 91419

    Communicate musical intention by composing three original pieces of music

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    8

  22. 91420

    Integrate aural skills into written representation

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  23. 91421

    Demonstrate understanding of harmonic and tonal conventions in a range of music scores

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  24. 91422

    Analyse a substantial music work

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  25. 91423

    Examine the influence of context on a substantial music work

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  26. 91424

    Create two arrangements for an ensemble

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  27. 91425

    Research a music topic

    Level 3 - The Arts

    Creative Industries Recommended

    6

  28. 91426

    Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  29. 91427

    Demonstrate understanding of how a cultural process shapes geographic environment(s)

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended

    4

  30. 91428

    Analyse a significant contemporary event from a geographic perspective

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended

    3

  31. 91429

    Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  32. 91430

    Conduct geographic research with consultation

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended

    5

  33. 91431

    Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    3

  34. 91432

    Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    3

  35. 91433

    Apply spatial analysis, with consultation, to solve a geographic problem

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    3

  36. 91434

    Research an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders, using primary and secondary sources

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    5

  37. 91435

    Analyse an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    5

  38. 91436

    Analyse evidence relating to an historical event of significance to New Zealanders

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  39. 91437

    Analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significance to New Zealanders

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    5

  40. 91438

    Analyse the causes and consequences of a significant historical event

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    6

  41. 91439

    Analyse a significant historical trend and the force(s) that influenced it

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    6

  42. 91440

    Analyse methods and ideas from established design practice

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  43. 91441

    Analyse methods and ideas from established painting practice

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  44. 91442

    Analyse methods and ideas from established photography practice

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  45. 91443

    Analyse methods and ideas from established printmaking practice

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  46. 91444

    Analyse methods and ideas from established sculpture practice

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  47. 91445

    Use drawing to demonstrate understanding of conventions appropriate to design

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  48. 91446

    Use drawing to demonstrate understanding of conventions appropriate to painting

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  49. 91447

    Use drawing to demonstrate understanding of conventions appropriate to photography

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  50. 91448

    Use drawing to demonstrate understanding of conventions appropriate to printmaking

    Level 3 - The Arts –

    Creative Industries Recommended

    4

Loading..