Background

Evaluation of student achievement is a professional activity.

Evaluation of student achievement provides valuable information on student progress and instructional programming.

Principals are expected to annually present to School Councils and to parents through school newsletters or other communications results of the Provincial Achievement Tests and/or the Provincial Diploma Examinations.

Procedures

1. Individual test results are confidential to students, their parents, and the professional staff of the school. Test results shall be made available to students and parents as soon as possible.
2. Individual test results shall be utilized primarily as a learning tool, for reporting on student progress and making decisions with respect to individual instructional programming.
3. Group test results shall be utilized for the purpose of identifying program strengths and weaknesses at the school and Division level.
4. The Principal shall annually present to the School Council and to parents, through school newsletters or other communications, a public report on student achievement in the Provincial Achievement Tests and/or the Provincial Diploma Examinations. Principals shall post the report on their school web page.
5. The Superintendent shall annually present to the Board, a public report on student achievement in the Provincial Achievement Tests and the Provincial Diploma Exams in accordance with provincial policy. Further information on student achievement shall be made available to the Board by the Superintendent on a timely basis.