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Peer reviewedRobitaille, David F.; Sherrill, James M. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1979
This report on the 1977 mathematics assessment of British Columbian students in grades 4, 8, and 12 describes the item specification model; test administration procedures; results for each grade level; and overall results correlated to sex, mother tongue, and parental level of schooling. (SJL)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Download full textEvanechko, Peter; And Others – 1976
The first segment of a long-term educational assessment plan, for which this three-part report was compiled, called for a study that would survey the status of English language arts programs in the province of British Columbia and serve as a pilot for future assessment programs. This portion of the study presents results from the third phase of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Raphael, Dennis – 1989
Two student populations of 13-year-olds in Ontario (Canada) were assessed as part of the 1988 International Assessment of Educational Progress (IAEP): French- and English-language students. Results confirm findings of differences in mathematics achievement seen earlier in the Second International Mathematics Study. Ontario French-language students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, English
Holmes, Mark – 1977
Statistical data and comments describe the results of the 1977 eighth grade testing program in Ontario, Canada. The tests were: Mathematics (in French and English), Problem Solving (in French and English); Science (in English only), Attitudes, French Comprehension, and Written English. Table 1 presents the numbers of students, by school district,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, English, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationManitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
The "sciences humaines" provincial assessment was conducted in June 1991 in Franco-Manitoban (Canadian) schools and in the French immersion program. Tests were administered to students in grades 8 and 10. Test results are presented in two preliminary reports, one for Franco-Manitoban schools and the present report for French immersion…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Foreign Countries
1978
A series of tests was administered to Ontario, Canada students who had completed the eighth grade: mathematics, reading, language, written English, social studies, science, health, physical fitness, French as a second language, French as a first language, written French, values, moral reasoning, problem solving, and attitudes. Approximately 50…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Measurement and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
This seven-chapter report presents information on the 1980 assessment of students' science performance in the province of Manitoba. Chapter I describes the nature of and steps involved in the assessment. Chapters II, III, and IV present, analyze and discuss achievement and attitude results for grades 5, 8, and 11, respectively. Achievement results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Elementary School Science
Hedges, H. G. – 1977
A longitudinal evaluation of language arts and mathematics achievement for grades 5 to 8 in the St. Catharines, Ontario school system over a forty-year span is presented. The comparison is based on three different studies conducted from 1933 to 1938, from 1952 to 1954, and from 1975 to 1977. Secondary contributions--the effects of changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Grade Placement, Arithmetic
