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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1987
General guidelines for administering the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations for June 1987 in Alberta, Canada, include shipping dates of the tests, a schedule for returning examinations, securing test materials, and handling walk-in candidates. Additional information includes what to do about students who arrive late, violation of examination rules,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Examiners, Foreign Countries, Graduation Requirements
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1987
This bulletin contains general guidelines on the Diploma Examinations Program required for all grade 12 students for the 1987-88 school year in Alberta, Canada. The grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program is an integral part of the high school diploma requirements and is intended to develop and maintain excellence in educational standards through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduation Requirements
Direct linkBotzakis, Stergios, Comp.; Malloy, Jacquelynn, Comp. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2005
This article contains summaries of reports from international research correspondents (IRCs) as part of the continued effort to make the International Reports on Literacy Research, a regular feature of "Reading Research Quarterly," more representative of the field of literacy education. With an eye toward encouraging the IRCs to report…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Literacy Education, Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests
Hersom, Naomi – 1980
Events and considerations surrounding the publication of a document specifying the curriculum to be taught in British Columbia's schools are summarized in this paper. The province has moved from a centralized to a decentralized and back to a centralized curriculum. Arthur Wise has called one response that schools have to social criticism…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Centralization, Core Curriculum
Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
This paper outlines some initiatives taken to change and improve senior high school programs and diploma requirements in Alberta, Canada, as originally stated in the June 1985 policy statement, "Secondary Education in Alberta." It is intended to assist educational groups planning to revise a senior high school program. It also presents…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
General Information: Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program, 1986-87 School Year. Student Evaluation.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
This bulletin contains general information about the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program in Alberta, Canada. All twelfth graders must write at least one diploma examination to receive a high school diploma. The examination certifies academic achievement in English 30 and 33, Social Studies 30, Mathematics 30, Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Physics…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Credit Courses, Equivalency Tests, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKaminer, Reuven – College and University, 1984
Criteria used for evaluating the records of overseas candidates for an undergraduate degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are outlined. Secondary school diplomas considered to be equivalent to and not equivalent to the Israeli Bagrut system are discussed, along with attaining equivalency through previous university study or other programs.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Admission, Comparative Education
Glass, Gene V., Ed. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2000
This document consists of the 2000 edition of the "Education Policy Analysis Archives." The papers include: (1) "Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence" (Linda Darling-Hammond); (2) "America Y2K: The Obsolescence of Educational Reforms" (Sherman Dorn); (3) "Forces for Change in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Court Litigation, Educational Change
