- Organised into three parts: curriculum provision, assessment, and reporting.
- Designed to provide guidance, to schools and teachers, regarding the move towards, and implementation of, outcomes-based education.

- Each part includes illustrative case studies from Western Australian schools, which include samples of assessed student work and assessment/reporting proformas.

- Designed to compliment the Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten to Year 12 in Western Australia (1998) and the Student Outcome Statements: Overview (1998).