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Economics Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in Australian and SACE International schools from January 2024 to December 2024. For teaching in SACE International schools only from May/June 2023 to March 2024 and from May/June 2024 to March 2025. Accredited in August 2018 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021.

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Evidence of learning

Evidence of learning

All Stage 2 subjects have a school assessment component and an external assessment component.

The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 2 Economics

School assessment (70%)

  • Assessment Type 1: Folio (40%)
  • Assessment Type 2: Economic Project (30%)

External assessment (30%)

  • Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%).

Students provide evidence of their learning through five or six assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete:

  • three or four folio tasks
  • one economic project
  • one examination.