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Strong Student Results 2014/15 Diploma Exams and Provincial Achievement Tests

Purpose of Achievement Testing

Achievement tests are only one source of information used to measure academic success.

Their purpose is to: determine if students are learning what they are

expected to learn; report to Albertans how well students have achieved

provincial standards at given points in their schooling; assist schools, jurisdictions, and the province in

monitoring and improving student learning.

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Grade 3 Student Learning Assessments

• In 2015-16, Alberta Education continues piloting Student Learning Assessments (SLAs)

• CBE chose to have students participate.

• The three primary purposes of the Pilot SLAs are to: improve student learning enhance instruction for students ensure the education system meets the

needs of students and achieves the outcomes of the Ministerial Order on Student Learning

• SLAs are one of the many ways teachers understand what students know and can do.

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5 of 5 subjects

Acceptable Standard

5 of 5 subjects

Standard of Excellence

Grade 6 PATs

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5 of 5 subjects

5 of 5 subjects

At the Grade 6 level, a higher percentage of CBE students achieved the acceptable standard than in the province as a whole.

The percentage of students achieving the standard of excellence was higher than that of the province in all subjects.

5 of 5 subjects

Acceptable Standard

CBE Results – Grade 9 Provincial Achievement Tests

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5 of 5 subjects

Standard of Excellence

At the Grade 9 level, a higher percentage of CBE students achieved the acceptable standard in all five subjects.

A higher percentage of CBE students than those in the province achieved the standard of excellence in all five subjects.

5 of 5 subjects

5 of 5 subjects

13 of 13 subject

categories

Acceptable Standard

CBE Overall Results – Grades 6 & 9 Provincial Achievement Tests

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13 of 13 subject

categories Standard of Excellence

On 20 of 20 measures, a higher percentage of CBE students achieved standards when compared with students in the province.

10 of 10 measures

10 of 10 measures

Acceptable Standard

10 out of 10 measures

Provincial Achievement Tests: Students with Identified Special Needs

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Standard of Excellence

8 of 10 measures

By comparison with provincial results, more Grades 6 and 9 CBE students with identified special education needs achieved the acceptable standard on 10 out of 10 subjects and on 8 out of 10 subjects at the standard of excellence

Acceptable Standard

7 of 10 measures

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Standard of Excellence

8 of 10 measures

A higher percentage of our Grades 6 and 9 ELLs achieved standards on 15 out of 20 measures when compared with the province.

Marked improvement over 2013-14.

CBE Results: English Language Learners

Grade 9 Knowledge & Employability

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8 of 11 subjects

Acceptable Standard

Standard of Excellence

10 of 11 exams

CBE Overall Results – Diploma Exams

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The percentage of CBE students achieving standards was higher that that of the province in 20 of 22 exams.

Results in Math 30-1, Biology, Physics and Chemistry 30 and in Social Studies 30-1 were particularly strong.

10 of 11 exams

Detailed Data & Trends

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Five-year trending data can help focus efforts to drive improvement

Legend CBE Prov.

Diff.

Social Studies 30-1

Accountability Pillar

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Measure Category Measure Category

Evaluation Measure Calgary School

District No. 19 Measure Evaluation

Current Result

Prev Year Result Achievement Improvement Overall

Student Learning Opportunities Good

Drop Out Rate 3.3 3.3 High Maintained Good High School Completion Rate (3 yr)

75.4 74 High Improved Significantly Good

Student Learning Achievement (Grades 10-12)

Good

Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rate (Revised)

61.0 59.5 High Improved Significantly Good

Diploma Exam Participation Rate (4+ Exams)

61.1 62.2* High Declined Acceptable

Preparation for Lifelong Learning, World of Work, Citizenship

Good Transition Rate (6 yr) 61.2 60.5 High Improved

Significantly Good

*Data for 2013 do not include students who chose to take an exemption from Math 30-1 or 30-2, Chemistry 30, Physics 30 or Science 30 because of extensive flooding in Calgary that June. 2013 results on this measure were not therefore not used by Alberta Education to calculate the Three Year average 2010-11 to 2012-13 on which this evaluation of Declined is based. Data from 2012, which include the full cohort, have therefore been used instead to represent the Previous Year Result.

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