Base Scope of Assessment for Schools (BSAS)

The BSAS lists the Directory of Assessment and Skill Standards domains that are automatically included in a school or kura's consent to assess

About the Base Scope of Assessment for Schools

Consent to assess allows education providers to assess standards listed on the Directory of Assessment Skill Standards (DASS) and award credit to learners.

Schools and kura automatically have consent to assess against all standards in the domains listed in the Base Scope of Assessment for Schools (BSAS).

Download the Base Scope of Assessment for Schools table - March 2025 [PDF, 94 KB]

Extending consent to assess

School and kura must apply for consent to assess against standards if they want to assess standards that they don't already hold consent to assess for, or are not listed in the BSAS.

For more information:

Extension of consent to assess for schools

Base Scope of Assessment for Schools

Registered domains

Field Subfield Domain BSAS Level
Arts and Crafts Dance Dance Choreography 4
Arts and Crafts Dance Dance Performance 4
Arts and Crafts Dance Dance Perspectives 4
Arts and Crafts Drama Drama Creation 4
Arts and Crafts Drama Drama Performance 4
Arts and Crafts Drama Drama Studies 4
Arts and Crafts Electronic Media Content Creation 3
Arts and Crafts Music Making Music 4
Arts and Crafts Music Music Studies 4
Arts and Crafts Music Music Technology 4
Arts and Crafts Niue Arts and Crafts Niue Arts 4
Arts and Crafts Niue Arts and Crafts Niue Crafts 4
Arts and Crafts Niue Arts and Crafts Niue Music 4
Arts and Crafts Performing Arts General Entertainment and Event Technology and Operations 3
Arts and Crafts Performing Arts General Performing Arts Technology 4
Arts and Crafts Visual Arts Art History 4
Arts and Crafts Visual Arts Practical Art 4
Business Accounting Accounting - Generic 4
Business Business Administration Text and Information Management - Generic 3
Business Business Operations and Development Business Studies 3
Community and Social Services Journalism Preliminary Journalism Skills 3
Community and Social Services Outdoor Recreation Outdoor Management 2
Computing and Information Technology Computing Computer Support 3
Computing and Information Technology Computing Generic Computing 4
Computing and Information Technology Computing Software Development - Programming 3
Core Generic Core Generic Financial Capability 3
Core Generic Core Generic Foundation Skills - Te Ara Tupu 2
Core Generic Core Generic Self-Management 4
Core Generic Core Generic Social and Cooperative Skills 4
Core Generic Core Generic Work and Study Skills 4
Core Generic Supported Learning Supported Learning - Personal, Community and Work Skills 4
Engineering and Technology Design Design - Computer Graphics 4
Engineering and Technology Design Design - Graphic Communication 4
Engineering and Technology Design Generic Design 3
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Engineering - Fabrication 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Engineering - Materials 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Engineering - Measurement 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Engineering Core Skills 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Engineering Drawing and Design 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Engineering Machining and Toolmaking 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Fluid Power - Hydraulics 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Fluid Power - Pneumatics 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Maintenance and Diagnostics in Mechanical Engineering 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Pathways Skills 3
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Assembly 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Technology 2
Engineering and Technology Motor Industry Motor Industry - Introductory Skills 3
Engineering and Technology Technology Construction and Mechanical Technologies 3
Engineering and Technology Technology Design and Visual Communication 3
Engineering and Technology Technology Digital Technologies 3
Engineering and Technology Technology Generic Technology 3
Engineering and Technology Technology Materials Technology 4
Engineering and Technology Technology Processing Technologies 3
Humanities English English Oral Language 4
Humanities English English Visual Language 4
Humanities English English Written Language 4
Humanities Health and Physical Education Health Education 4
Humanities Health and Physical Education Home Economics 3
Humanities Health and Physical Education Physical Education 4
Humanities Languages Chinese 4
Humanities Languages Cook Islands Māori 4
Humanities Languages English for Academic Purposes 4
Humanities Languages English Language 4
Humanities Languages French 4
Humanities Languages Gagana Sāmoa 4
Humanities Languages Gagana Tokelau 4
Humanities Languages German 4
Humanities Languages Indonesian 4
Humanities Languages Japanese 4
Humanities Languages Korean 4
Humanities Languages Latin 4
Humanities Languages Lea Faka-Tonga 4
Humanities Languages New Zealand Sign Language 4
Humanities Languages Samoan 4
Humanities Languages Spanish 4
Humanities Languages Te Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani 4
Humanities Languages Vagahau Niue 4
Humanities Pacific Studies Cook Islands Cultural Studies 3
Humanities Pacific Studies Niue Tradition and Culture 4
Humanities Pacific Studies Pacific Change and Development 3
Humanities Pacific Studies Pacific Indigenous Knowledge 3
Humanities Pacific Studies Pacific Societies 3
Humanities Religious Studies Understanding Religion 3
Humanities Sports Education Sports Practice 4
Humanities Sports Education Sports Skills 4
Manufacturing Clothing Manufacture Apparel Cutting and Sewing 2
Manufacturing Furniture Furniture and Cabinet Making 2
Manufacturing Furniture Furniture Operations 2
Māori Environment Māori Māori Environmental Management 3
Māori Environment Māori Māori Environmental Practices 3
Māori Environment Māori Wāhi Tapu 3
Māori Mana Wahine Te Aho Wahine 3
Māori Manaaki Marae - Marae Hospitality Manaaki Marae - Takatū Kai 3
Māori Manaaki Marae - Marae Hospitality Manaaki Marae - Whāngai Manuhiri 3
Māori Māori Business and Management Māori Management - Generic 3
Māori Māori Performing Arts Māori Performing Arts Creation 3
Māori Māori Performing Arts New Māori Dance 3
Māori Māori Performing Arts New Māori Music 4
Māori Māori Performing Arts Te Ao Haka 4
Māori Mau Rākau Te Mau Rākau 3
Māori Mau Rākau Te Parawhakawai 3
Māori Mau Rākau Te Rangatiratanga Mau Rākau 3
Māori Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora Raranga 3
Māori Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora Tāniko 3
Māori Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora Taonga 3
Māori Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora Whāriki 3
Māori Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora Whatu 3
Māori Reo Māori Kōrero 4
Māori Reo Māori Pānui 4
Māori Reo Māori Reo Autaia 4
Māori Reo Māori Reo Tūāpapa 4
Māori Reo Māori Reo Tumu 4
Māori Reo Māori Reo Waenga 4
Māori Reo Māori Te Reo Māori 3
Māori Reo Māori Tuhituhi 4
Māori Reo Māori Whakarongo 4
Māori Reo Māori Media Ngā Tikanga Pāpāho Māori 3
Māori Taonga Puoro Ngā Kōrero o Neherā 3
Māori Taonga Puoro Te Whakatangi 3
Māori Taonga Puoro Te Whakatīnanatanga 3
Māori Te Ara Hou ki te Ora Hauora 3
Māori Te Ara Hou ki te Ora Whānau Ora 3
Māori Te Ara Nunumi - Bereavement Pathways Māori Te Ara Nunumi - Ā-Kiko 3
Māori Te Ara Nunumi - Bereavement Pathways Māori Te Ara Nunumi - Ā-Mahara 3
Māori Te Ara Nunumi - Bereavement Pathways Māori Te Ara Nunumi - Ā-Wairua 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Hangarau 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Hauora - Wāhanga Ako 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Ngā Toi 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Pāngarau 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Pūtaiao 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Te Reo Rangatira 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Tikanga ā-Iwi 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Toi Ataata 3
Māori Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Toi Puoro 3
Māori Te Mātauranga Māori me te Whakangungu Te Mātauranga Māori Whānui 3
Māori Tikanga Tikanga Concepts 3
Māori Tikanga Tikanga Issues 3
Māori Tikanga Tikanga Practices 3
Māori Tourism Māori Environmental Tourism Māori 3
Māori Tourism Māori Tourism Māori Practices 3
Māori Whakairo Mana Whakairo 4
Māori Whakairo Te Ara Tauira Whakairo 4
Māori Whakairo Toi Whakairo 4
Māori Whakairo Whakaraupapa Whakairo 4
Māori Whenua Governance of Māori Authorities 3
Māori Whenua Te Whakamahi Whenua 3
Planning and Construction Construction Trades Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills 3
Sciences Environment Environmental Education 4
Sciences Home and Life Sciences Family, Community and Society Studies 4
Sciences Home and Life Sciences Food and Nutrition 4
Sciences Home and Life Sciences Food Technology and Nutrition 4
Sciences Home and Life Sciences Home and Life Sciences - Textile Technology 4
Sciences Mathematics Algebra 4
Sciences Mathematics Calculus 4
Sciences Mathematics Geometry 4
Sciences Mathematics Mathematical Processes 4
Sciences Mathematics Mathematical Studies 4
Sciences Mathematics Measurement 4
Sciences Mathematics Number 4
Sciences Mathematics Quantitative Methods 4
Sciences Mathematics Trigonometry 4
Sciences Science Agricultural and Horticultural Science 4
Sciences Science Biochemistry 4
Sciences Science Biology 4
Sciences Science Chemistry 4
Sciences Science Earth and Space Science 3
Sciences Science Environmental Sustainability 3
Sciences Science Microbiology 4
Sciences Science Molecular Biology 4
Sciences Science Physics 4
Sciences Science Science - Core 4
Sciences Statistics and Probability Probability 4
Sciences Statistics and Probability Statistics 4
Service Sector Driving Driver Licence Class 1 2
Service Sector Hospitality Accommodation Services 1
Service Sector Hospitality Cookery 1
Service Sector Hospitality Food and Beverage Service 1
Service Sector Hospitality Hospitality - Foundation Skills 2
Social Sciences Economic Theory and Practice Economics 4
Social Sciences Economic Theory and Practice Macro Economics 4
Social Sciences Economic Theory and Practice Micro Economics 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Classical Studies 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Geography 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies History 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Legal Studies 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Media Studies 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Psychology 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Social Studies 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Sociology 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Tourism 4
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Expiring domains

Field Subfield Domain BSAS Level
Arts and Crafts Performing Arts General Entertainment and Event Technology 3
Computing and Information Technology Computing Computer Management 3
Computing and Information Technology Computing Computer Operations 3
Computing and Information Technology Computing Software Development - Design 3
Computing and Information Technology Computing Software Development - Multimedia 3
Computing and Information Technology Computing Software Development - System Assurance and Documentation 3
Core Generic Core Generic Personal Financial Management 3
Core Generic Supported Learning Supported Learning - Work and Community Skills 4
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Composites 2
Engineering and Technology Mechanical Engineering Fluid Power 2
Engineering and Technology Technology Technology - General Education 4
Humanities Christian Ministries Christian Leadership 3
Humanities Christian Ministries Christian Mission 3
Humanities Christian Ministries Christian Worship and Preaching 3
Humanities Christian Ministries Developing Christian Spirituality 3
Humanities Christian Studies Biblical Studies 3
Humanities Christian Studies Christian Ethics 3
Humanities Christian Studies Christian Theological Studies 3
Humanities Christian Studies History of Christianity 3
Humanities Languages English for Speakers of Other Languages 4
Manufacturing Furniture Furniture Making 2
Māori General Education Māori Māori Geography 4
Māori General Education Māori Pāngarau 4
Māori General Education Māori Pūtaiao 4
Māori General Education Māori Tikanga-ā-Iwi 4
Māori Hauora Kaupapa Hauora 3
Māori Māori Performing Arts Māori Performance 3
Māori Māori Performing Arts Taonga Puoro 3
Sciences Science Astronomy 4
Sciences Science Earth Science 4
Service Sector Hospitality Hospitality Operations 1
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Expired domains

Field Subfield Domain BSAS Level
Arts and Crafts Art Practical Art 4
Arts and Crafts General Arts and Crafts Visual Arts - Core 4
Arts and Crafts Performing Arts General Performing Artist Self Management 4
Arts and Crafts Performing Arts General Performing Arts Management 4
Business Office Systems Text Processing 4
Business Office Systems Wordprocessing 4
Computing and Information Technology Computing Software Development 3
Core Generic Core Generic Law-Related Education 4
Core Generic Supported Learning Supported Learning - Interpersonal and Social Skills 4
Core Generic Supported Learning Supported Learning - Perceptual Awareness Skills 4
Core Generic Supported Learning Supported Learning - Personal Care Skills 4
Engineering and Technology Technology Process Technology 4
Engineering and Technology Technology Systems Technology 4
Humanities Christian Ministries Christian Worship, Liturgy, and Homiletics 4
Humanities Christian Theology Biblical Studies 4
Humanities Christian Theology Christian Ethics 3
Humanities Christian Theology Christian Theological Studies 3
Humanities Christian Theology Church History 3
Humanities Christian Theology History of Christianity 3
Humanities Pacific Studies Cook Islands Tradition and Culture 3
Humanities Pacific Studies Pacific Business and Management 3
Māori General Education Māori Hangarau 4
Māori General Education Māori Kōrero Me Ngā Reo 4
Māori General Education Māori Ngā Mahi Toi 4
Māori General Education Māori Oranga 4
Māori Hauora Tikanga Hauora 3
Māori Māori Performing Arts Mau Rākau 3
Māori Marae Catering Cookery in Whare Kai 2
Māori Marae Catering Service in Whare Kai 2
Māori Marae Catering Tikanga in Whare Kai 2
Māori Ngā Mahi a Te Whare Pora Mātauranga Raranga 2
Māori Reo Māori Āheinga Reo 3
Māori Reo Māori Puna Reo 3
Māori Reo Māori Rautaki Reo 3
Māori Reo Māori Te Reo Rangatira 4
Māori Tikanga Māori Society 3
Māori Tikanga Ngā Atua 3
Māori Tikanga Tikanga Environment 3
Sciences Mathematics Mathematics 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Art History 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Māori Geography 4
Social Sciences Social Science Studies Social Sciences 4
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