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Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1997
This annual report provides province-wide results for the entire school year (January, June, and August examinations combined) The graphs, tables, and text describe student performance for the entire school year to assist school personnel in identifying patterns of student achievement and evaluating program effectiveness. The diploma examinations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations, Foreign Countries, Graduation Requirements
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1991
The Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program of the Alberta (Canada) schools has three main purposes: to certify the level of individual student achievement in selected grade-12 courses; to ensure that province-wide standards of achievement are maintained; and to report individual and group results. Eight grade-12 courses have diploma examinations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnic Groups, Exit Examinations, Females
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Direct linkNorris, Stephen P.; Leighton, Jacqueline P.; Phillips, Linda M. – Theory and Research in Education, 2004
Many significant changes in perspective have to take place before efforts to learn the content and capabilities of children's minds can hold much sway in educational testing. The language of testing, especially of high stakes testing, remains firmly in the realm of "behaviors", "performance" and "competency" defined…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Test Construction, Test Items, Educational Testing
