This document outlines the performance standards, descriptors, evidence and instruments for assessing English language performance in Year 1 of primary school. It includes 6 bands of standards related to listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Each band contains standards, descriptors of what students should be able to do, evidence of achieving the standards, and examples of assessment instruments. The standards progressively increase in difficulty from basic skills in Band 1 to appreciating literary works in Band 6.