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...students do not write provincial achievement tests or diploma exams. Ken Noster, director...oversees 2,050 Alberta students, acknowledges...students write the Alberta diploma ...

Bogus Points.(Canada's national testing program) Phi Delta Kappan (5/1/1999)
...introduced the School Achievement Indicators Program...Until the 1990s, provincial jurisdiction over...chief function of provincial ministries of education...single national exit exam that would reflect...a slight dip in Alberta's results, ...

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)
...takes place at the provincial and local levels...receiving school. In Alberta, private independent...seen higher student achievement. According to a...Fraser Institute, achievement scores are not only...Reading Literacy Study exam, ...

Dropouts: the Achilles' heel of Canada's high-school system.(Report) C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (10/1/2009)
...Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Alberta--have higher dropout rates...indiscriminate critique of provincial education ministers and officials...snapshot of the state of education achievement among Canadians age 15 and...Assessment, a major international exam ...