Uncomfortable bedfellows discipline-based inquiry and standardized examinations.(FEATURE ARTICLE) Teacher Librarian (10/1/2010)
...era-standardized tests that measure knowledge...procedures. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ON TESTS What follows...on standardized provincial examinations. The...school district in Alberta, Canada. The project...initiative called the ...

Foundations for the future: a back-to-the-basics charter academy in Calgary is sparking change in mainstream schools. The Report (2/3/2003)
...an appeal to the provincial government. The...schools within the Alberta public system...introduced by the Alberta government in the...performance of Alberta's elementary...and 6 provincial achievement ...

All seven Calgary trustees fired.(Calgary, Alberta, Board of Education) Alberta Report (9/6/1999)
Alberta's education minister...within the system--provincial tests written in Grades...home during the achievement tests so his presence...marks." Reforming Alberta's monopolistic...Oberg acted. The Alberta ...

Pawlenty may follow in Edmonton's footsteps; Governor is thinking about a push in 2005 to experiment here.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (12/11/2004)
...improved student achievement. "I have to...teach a standard Alberta provincial curriculum, for...week trumpeted Alberta's high ranking in international test rankings, Edmonton kids' scores on Alberta ...

Home is where the smarts are: A think tank researcher finds home-schooled kids perform better socially too. (Schools). Alberta Report (12/3/2001)
...to standardized tests; by Grade 8 they...students do not write provincial achievement tests or diploma...oversees 2,050 Alberta students, acknowledges...students write the Alberta diploma exams...on the specific ...

Home is where the smarts are; A think tank researcher finds home-schooled kids perform better socially too. The Report Newsmagazine (12/3/2001)
...to standardized tests; by Grade 8 they...students do not write provincial achievement tests or diploma...oversees 2,050 Alberta students, acknowledges...students write the Alberta diploma exams...on the specific ...

Clever red-necks; Alberta.(Alberta's successful educational system) The Economist (US) (9/23/2006)
...improved, clear achievement goals have been...all paying off. Alberta's students regularly...national tests, Alberta's 13- and 16...in international tests they rank alongside...the same appeal in Alberta, where some ...

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...and demanded more tests and higher stakes...offered to design the test. It seems that...reading and writing tests conducted in ...

School dropouts: a Canadian--not just Quebec--scandal.(EDUCATION) Inroads: A Journal of Opinion (6/22/2009)
...state of educational achievement among Canadians...Newfoundland and Alberta. Sceptics point...scores of Canada's provincial school systems relative...Finland (1), Alberta (2), Hong Kong...the bottom tail of test score distributions...include ...