Long description of Table 2: Relationship between years of schooling and levels in the Essential Learning Standards

This table shows the relationship between years of schooling and the stages of learning across the six levels in the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. It is a graph with the years of schooling from Prep to Year 10 on the y axis and Levels 1 to 6 on the x axis.

The bar graph for each year level outlines a general expectation of when students will achieve the various standards, students will develop at different rates.

The standards at six levels are broadly associated with the years of schooling from Prep to 10 as follows:

• Level 1 – Preparatory Year
• Level 2 – Years 1 and 2
• Level 3 – Years 3 and 4
• Level 4 – Years 5 and 6
• Level 5 – Years 7 and 8
• Level 6 – Years 9 and 10.