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École Georges P. Vanier
Achievement Exam Result Sharing
2003-2004
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Demographics
• 95 grade 9 students wrote the achievement exams– 28 English Program Students– 67 French Immersion Program Students
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• There were no exemptions in the Immersion Program
•There were 9 exemptions in the English Program
•4 were from the PLP class
•3 were excused for emotional needs
•1 was due to completing the majority of the year in a different province
•1 was exempt in Math only, not having covered the curriculum
Demographics
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English Language Arts (ELA)
Written Exam(May)
Multiple Choice Exam(June)
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English Language Arts
Strengths• Recognizing author
techniques• Inferring relationships
and meanings from details
• synthesizing information
Areas for Growth• Developing stronger
technical vocabulary
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ELA Goals for 2004-2005
• Standard of Excellence– 20.0 %
• Acceptable Standard– 90.5 %
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Factors To Consider in Making Goal Projections for 2004-2004
• School Standard is higher– Honour Roll standard is higher
• Students are more linear in thought, versus last year’s group, which was more analytical and creative
• Two of our three ELA teachers are new to our school/ curriculum
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French Language Arts Exam
Written Exam (May)
Reading and Multiple Choice Exam (June)
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French Language Arts
Strengths
• Isolating key components in stories
• Identifying main ideas in readings
Areas for Growth
• Identify the meaning the author intends in a piece of work
• Analyzing the content in articles
• Deducting the meaning of expressions
• Composition and writing
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FLA Goals for 2004-2005
• Standard of Excellence– 10.5%
• Acceptable Standard– 83.0%
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Factors to Consider in Making Goal Projections
• We have integrated our late and continuing programs this year
• Across all immersion subjects, we are consistently reinforcing French spoken in the classroom as each teacher gives 10% of their mark to effort to speak French
• Administration has met with classes and grades to reinforce the standard
• We have a French Monitor that comes in three times a week
• Each grade is getting a conversation class through the French monitor
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Social Studies
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Social Studies
Strengths• Locating information• Interpreting
information• Organizing
information
Areas for Growth• Understanding
generalizations• Understanding
concepts• Understanding related
facts and terms• Interpreting political
cartoons
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Goals – Social Studies
• Standard of Excellence– 6.0% (Immersion Program)– 7.5% (English Program)
• Acceptable Standard– 85.0% (Immersion Program)– 83.0% (English Program)
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Factors that Influence Social Studies Achievement
• Increased French standards in school
• Cross-curricular work on generalizing, understanding concepts
• Increase practice on interpreting political cartoons
• AISI involvement
• Use of technology
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Math
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Math (Immersion Program)
Strengths• Basic algebra• Concrete concepts• Identifying pictorial
representation
Areas for growth• Trigonometry• Polynomials• Probability
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Math Goals for 2004-2005(Immersion Program)
• Standard of Excellence– 8.0%
• Acceptable Standard– 85.8%
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Factors to Consider in Making Immersion Math Goal
Projections• Achievement has been steadily improving
over last 4 years
• Math achievement is generally above provincial achievements
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Math(English Program)
Strengths• Space and shape• Spatial relations• Algebra tiles• Visual representation
Areas for Growth• Trigonometry• Application of
concepts• Algebra and
inequalities• Exponent laws
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Math Goals for 2004-2005(English Program)
• Standard of Excellence– 10.0%
• Acceptable Standard– 67.4%
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Factors to Consider in Making Math Goal Projections This Year
(English Program)
• More diverse population this year
• We exceeded last year’s goals
• Higher percentage of identified students with learning issues
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Science
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Science(Immersion Program)
Strengths• Graphing• Identifying variables• Lab skills
Areas for Growth• Vocabulary• Environmental
chemistry
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Goals for 2004-2005Science
(Immersion Program)
• Standard of Excellence– 7.5%
• Acceptable Standard– 83.8%
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Factors to Consider in Making Goal Projections This Year
Science(Immersion Program)
• New curriculum 2003-2004
• Achievement is consistent from previous years
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Science(English Program)
Strengths• Graphing• Identifying variables• Lab skills
Areas for Growth• Vocabulary• Environmental
chemistry
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Goals for 2004-2005Science
(English Program)
• Standard of Excellence– 5.0%
• Acceptable Standard– 50.0%
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Factors to Consider in Making Goal Projections This Year
Science(English Program)
• 2nd year through new curriculum 2003-2004
• Greater number of identified learning issues
• Increase of successful modifying strategies
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Math/ Science Strategies• Increased accommodations for students
• Increased Math and Science time in student schedule
• AISI (Alberta Initiative for School Improvement)
• Weekly word problem practice
• Breakdown of skills at each grade
• Exams and quizzes follow exam format, specifically numeric responses
• Introduction of trigonometry and polynomials in Grade 8
• Continuation with midterm exams
• Differentiation as department focus
• More review time
• Practice provincial achievement exams
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