Accountability Pillar Overall Summary
Annual Education Results Reports - October 2012
| Measure Category | Measure Category Evaluation | Measure | Alberta | Measure Evaluation | ||||
| Current Result | Prev Year Result | Prev 3 yr Average | Achievement | Improvement | Overall | |||
| Safe and Caring Schools |
Excellent |
Safe and Caring | 88.6 | 88.1 | 87.5 |
Very High |
Improved Significantly |
Excellent |
| Student Learning Opportunities |
Good |
Program of Studies | 80.7 | 80.9 | 80.6 |
High |
Improved |
Good |
| Education Quality | 89.4 | 89.4 | 89.3 |
High |
Improved |
Good |
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| Drop Out Rate | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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| High School Completion Rate (3yr) | 74.1 | 72.6 | 71.6 | High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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| Student Learning Achievement (Grades K-9) |
Good |
PAT: Acceptable | 79.1 | 79.3 | 78.9 | Intermediate |
Improved |
Good |
| PAT: Excellence | 20.9 | 19.6 | 19.1 |
High |
Improved Significantly |
Good |
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| Student Learning Achievement (Grades 10-12) |
Acceptable |
Diploma: Acceptable | 83.5 | 82.6 | 83.5 | Low |
Maintained |
Issue |
| Diploma: Excellence | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.7 | Intermediate | Maintained | Acceptable | ||
| Diploma Exam Participation Rate (4+ Exams) | 56.2 | 54.9 | 53.9 | High | Improved Significantly | Good | ||
| Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rate (Revised) | 61.5 | 59.6 | 58.0 | High | Improved Significantly | Good | ||
| Preparation for Lifelong Learning, World of Work, Citizenship |
Good |
Transition Rate (6 yr) | 58.4 | 59.3 | 59.5 |
High |
Declined Significantly |
Issue |
| Work Preparation | 79.7 | 80.1 | 79.9 |
High |
Maintained |
Good |
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| Citizenship | 82.5 | 81.9 | 81.2 |
Very High |
Improved Significantly |
Excellent |
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| Parental Involvement |
Acceptable |
Parental Involvement | 79.7 | 79.9 | 80.0 |
High |
Declined | Acceptable |
| Continuous Improvement |
Good |
School Improvement | 80.0 | 80.1 | 79.8 |
High |
Improved |
Good |
Notes:
- PAT results are a weighted average of the percent meeting standards (Acceptable, Excellence) on Provincial Achievement Tests. The weights are the number of students enrolled in each course. Courses included: English Language Arts (Grades 3, 6, 9), Science (Grades 6, 9), French Language Arts (Grades 6, 9), Français (Grades 6, 9).
- Diploma results are a weighted average of percent meeting standards (Acceptable, Excellence) on Diploma Examinations. The weights are the number of students writing the Diploma Examination for each course. Courses included: English Language Arts 30-1, English Language Arts 30-2, French Language Arts 30-1, Français 30-1, Pure Mathematics 30, Applied Mathematics 30, Biology 30, Science 30.
- 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.
