The curriculum has transversal or "core" competencies that are to be built in subject areas by having students "do" disciplinary thinking, what they call "curricular competencies". In Socials, they were written based on an HT framework. 2/...

Teachers are to assess for and report on the growth of students' curricular competencies, rather than just what they might typically have done - knowledge and understanding of content, communication etc. This is then reported with a proficiency scale to grade 9. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/e... 3/...