The Australian Government has recently released information to the early childhood education and care sector about a new POM being jointly progressed by the Australian, state and territory governments as a key reform of the
Preschool Reform Agreement.
The national POM involves 4 key elements:
- a new set of learning progressions in 2 learning domains—executive function, and oral language and literacy
- a new national formative assessment tool for teachers and educators to measure a child's progress against these learning progressions
- professional learning supports
- an alignment process to ensure national consistency with existing learning frameworks and formative assessment tools such as the Victorian Early Years Assessment and Learning Tool (EYALT) and the QKLPT.
The POM will be trialled in 2025 in several states and territories. This trial will not impact the ongoing development and use of the QKLPT in Queensland.
The Queensland Government has been working intensively with the Australian Council of Educational Research and the sector since 2021 on the development of a QKLPT. The QKLPT has been developed, refined and validated across several trials. Educators, teachers and stakeholders continue to be actively involved in the co-designed practice supports. The tool is aligned with the Queensland kindergarten learning guideline and the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 and will ultimately be aligned to the newly developed POM.
More information on the
Preschool Outcomes Measure is available on the Australian Government's website.
For further enquiries, contact the department by emailing
KLPT@qed.qld.gov.au.