Council of Ministers of Education, Canada

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• Learning Assessment Data for Researchers

 

 

The SAIP 1999: Report on Science II Assessment was written by 31,000 students across Canada in spring 1999. Among these students

 

• 16,000 were 13 years old
• 15,000 were 16 years old
• 22,500 wrote the assessment in English
• 8,500 wrote the assessment in French

The CMEC Student Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) is an assessment tool that was designed to determine student achievement in relation to Canada-wide standards  SAIP was conducted on a cyclical basis in science, mathematics, and reading and writing, with the results provided on a pan-Canadian and a jurisdictional basis.

 

 

Performance is reported on a five-point scale, with one being the lowest and five the highest. Most 13-year-olds are expected to achieve at least level 2, while most 16 year-olds should achieve level 3 or better.

 

The results from the 1999 assessment in science were higher than on the 1996 science assessment.  Of particular note:

 

 

• More than 73 per cent of 13-year-olds achieved level 2 or higher on the written assessment.
• Over 50 per cent of the 13-year-olds scored at level 3 or higher on the written test, compared with approximately 43 per cent in 1996.
• Over 76 per cent of 16-year-olds scored at or above level 3 on the written test, compared to approximately 69 per cent in 1996.
• Almost 90 per cent of 13-year-olds achieved at level 2 or higher on the practical test.
• In the practical test, almost 50 per cent of 13-year-olds scored at or above level 3, compared to 42 per cent in 1996.
• For 16-year-olds, 75 per cent achieved level 3 or above on the practical test, compared to approximately 65 per cent in 1996.
• There were no significant differences in the performance of boys and girls, except that fewer 16-year-old girls scored at level 4 in the written component.