Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Lee mentioned a couple of the ways in which we assess the progress within the system, one being graduation rates and the Alberta achievement tests that we use for grades 3, 6 and 9. We are also requiring teachers now to report the functional grade level of students to the department, so that allows us to track, year over year, our progresses as students move through the grade level at which they are performing. This spring, we will be conducting another -- I think it's actually started -- student needs assessment and we will be tabulating the results from that survey this spring, with the results being available by this August. That information has, in the past, been used to help us justify the increase in funding for student support and for helping to drive the decrease in the pupil/teacher ratio. I'm confident that through these measures that we're taking, that we will see fairly good reporting on what is happening in the classroom and what people in the classroom tell us needs to happen. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Charles Dent on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 19th, 2007
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