Accountability Pillar Overall Summary
3-Year Plan - May 2009
Province: Alberta
| Goal | Measure Category | Measure Category Evaluation | Measure | Alberta | Measure Evaluation | ||||
| Current Result | Prev Year Result | Prev 3 yr Average | Achievement | Improvement | Overall | ||||
| Goal 1: High Quality Learning Opportunities for All | Safe and Caring Schools |
Good |
Safe and Caring | 86.9 | 85.1 | 84.6 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
| Student Learning Opportunities |
Good |
Program of Studies | 80.3 | 79.4 | 78.7 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
|
| Education Quality | 89.3 | 88.2 | 87.8 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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| Drop Out Rate | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | Intermediate | Maintained | Acceptable | |||
| High School Completion Rate (3 yr) | 70.7 | 71.0 | 70.6 | Intermediate | Maintained | Acceptable | |||
| Goal 2: Excellence in Learner Outcomes | Student Learning Achievement (Grades K-9) | Issue | PAT: Acceptable | 75.8 | 75.9 | 76.7 | Low |
Declined Significantly |
Concern |
| PAT: Excellence | 19.6 | 19.4 | 19.3 | Intermediate |
Improved |
Good |
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| Student Learning Achievement (Grades 10-12) |
n/a |
Diploma Exams: Acceptable | 85.0 | 85.4 | 85.2 | Intermediate | Declined | Issue | |
| Diploma Exams: Excellence | 22.3 | 23.3 | 23.1 |
High |
Declined Significantly |
Issue | |||
| Diploma Exam Participation Rate (4+ Exams) | 53.0 | 53.6 | 53.6 | Intermediate | Declined | Issue | |||
| Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rate | 57.3 | 56.8 | 55.8 | Intermediate | n/a | n/a | |||
| Preparation for Lifelong Learning, World of Work, Citizenship |
Good |
Transition Rate (6 yr) | 60.7 | 60.3 | 59.1 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
|
| Work Preparation | 79.6 | 80.1 | 78.1 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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| Citizenship | 80.3 | 77.9 | 77.1 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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| Goal 3: Highly Responsive and Responsible Jurisdiction (Ministry) | Parental Involvement |
Good |
Parental Involvement | 80.1 | 78.2 | 77.9 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
| Continuous Improvement |
Good |
School Improvement | 79.4 | 77.0 | 76.7 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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Notes:
- Student Learning Achievement: PAT Values reported are weighted averages of PAT Acceptable and PAT Excellence results. Courses included: ELA (Grades 3, 6, 9), Math (Grades 3, 6, 9), Social Studies (Grades 6, 9), Science (Grades 6 only), French Language Arts (Grades 6, 9), Français (Grades 6, 9).
- Student Learning Achievement: Diploma Exam Values reported are averages of Diploma Acceptable and Diploma Excellence results, weighted by the number of students enrolled in each course.
- Overall evaluations can only be calculated if both improvement and achievement evaluations are available.
- Results for the ACOL measures are available in the detailed report; see "ACOL Measures" in the Table of Contents.
- Data values have been suppressed where the number of students is less than 6. Suppression is marked with an asterisk (*).
Alberta Education shares results and evaluations with school jurisdictions every May and October. School jurisdictions include their information in their three-year education plans in June and annual education results reports in November. The October 2008 jurisdiction Accountability Pillar summaries are available here.
