ACSF

OWA alignment to the ACSF

The Australian Core Skills Framework is the common national reference point for describing performance in the core skill areas.

In the ACSF, the core skill of Writing recognises the following:

  • Writing performance is influenced by whether the writing fulfills its purpose and meets the needs of its intended audience.
  • Writing performance at higher levels includes the ability to write for an increasing range of purposes and audiences.
  • Writing performance at higher levels incorporates increasing depth of knowledge and skill in writing in specialist areas.

The OWA assessment criteria (all ACSF levels)

  1. Purpose and audience
  2. Quality of ideas
  3. Text cohesion
  4. Language choices
  5. Sentence structure
  6. Punctuation of sentences
  7. Punctuation within sentences
  8. Spelling

ACSF indicators and focus areas

The OWA assessment criteria align directly to the following ACSF writing indicators and their focus areas:

  • 05: Range
  • 05: Audience and purpose
  • 05: Register
  • 05: Structure and cohesion
  • 05: Plan, draft, proof and review
  • 06: Grammar
  • 06: Vocabulary
  • 06: Punctuation
  • 06: Spelling