Home is where the smarts are; A think tank researcher finds home-schooled kids perform better socially too. The Report Newsmagazine (12/3/2001)
...college entrance exam. * Up to Grade 4...write provincial achievement tests or diploma exams. Ken Noster, director...oversees 2,050 Alberta students, acknowledges...students write the Alberta diploma exams, because these ...

PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE THEY'RE NO. 1 IN TEACHING MATH AND SCIENCE The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (10/8/1989)
...by a series of his students on the SAT math and math achievement exams of the College Board during the last six years have...Kingston, Ont.; West Germany; and Calgary, Alberta; next summer he'll speak in New Zealand. What goes...

EDUCATORS BASH NEW SCHOOL TEST LAW 4TH AND 8TH GRADE EXAMS CALLED UNFAIR.(Local/Wisconsin) The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) (7/4/1998)
...be either a statewide exam or a state-approved...t required to pass an exam in any grade. The tests...that the standardized achievement tests currently given...the math portion of the exam. The law requires students...law, said state Sen. ...

RSES hands out industry awards.(ASSOCIATION NEWS)(Refrigeration Service Engineers Society)(Brief Article) Snips (12/1/2004)
...67th annual conference, Sept. 30 in Calgary, Alberta. RSES presented the Paul B. Reed Award to the...which recognizes the RSES member with the highest achievement on the certificate member exam in the last year was given to Dave A. Schmidt...

PSYCHOMETRIC BENEFITS OF SOFT-LINKED SCORING ALGORITHMS IN ACHIEVEMENT TESTING.(Statistical Data Included) Education (12/22/1999)
...reliable indicators of examinee ability and achievement, complementary formats can provide a...Service for use on the Graduate Records Exam (Bennett et al., 1997), "computerized...development. The Student Evaluation Branch of Alberta Education has responded to the ...

RSES Canada follows every-other-year trend. (RSES Canada).(Refrigeration Service Engineers Society of Canada to hold its annucal conference and trade show on alternating years) Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News (7/14/2003)
...conference in Edmonton, Alberta. Business Matters At...RSES Certificate Member exam into French. Representatives...for outstanding chapter achievement with the W.J.A...Hellier of Calgary, Alberta, and John Derraugh of...Neill Arnold of Calgary, ...

Learning from Canada's schools; Democrats only love our northern neighbor when it backs big government.(COMMENTARY) The Washington Times (Washington, DC) (2/23/2010)
...receiving school. In Alberta, private independent...seen higher student achievement. According to a study...public schools and higher achievement by public-school students...Reading Literacy Study exam, multiethnic British...choice provinces of ...

Educator group honored for work to better scores.(Virginia Beach Beacon) The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) (10/8/2006)
...Schools is a notable achievement. The faceted glass...of-course reading exam. Olwen Herron , director...Kristin Sanderlin, Alberta Riddick, Frances Fok...significant. Both English SOL exams, reading and writing...Vadersen-Jacob and Alberta ...

PERSONALS/PERSONNALITES. Canadian Chemical News (10/1/2000)
...Concordia University College of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, and has moved...tinder the age of 39, whose achievements in the area of polymer processing...responsible for two national exams for high school age groups: the CHEM 13 NEWS Exam and the AVOGADRO ...