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Key Policy Issues in Aboriginal Education: An Evidence-Based Approach Publication Date: 2012-12-19

This report considers how better data and evidence can be developed to support jurisdictions' efforts to improve the academic achievement and attainment of Aboriginal students in provincial and territorial elementary and secondary schools.

PIRLS 2011 – Canada in Context
Canadian Results from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study Publication Date: 2012-12-11

This report presents the first Canadian results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011. It provides information on the reading skills of Grade 4 students and describes home and school supports for literacy in Canada. Results are reported at both Canadian and international levels, with comparisons across Canadian provinces as well as with participating countries.

PCAP-13 2007: Report on Reading Strategies and Reading Achievement Publication Date: 2012-12-10

This report is the third in a series of research projects in which the PCAP-13 2007 data set is used to examine questions of interest to educational policy-makers and practitioners in Canada. It focuses on the factors that contribute to the performance of
13-year-old Canadian students in reading.

PCAP 2010 Contextual Report Publication Date: 2012-11-08

This report examines the results from PCAP 2010 in relation to variables derived from questionnaires completed by students, teachers, and school principals. It reports the results both descriptively and using simple and multiple regression models.

International Summit on the Teaching Profession, March 16–17, 2011, New York City, United States Publication Date: 2011-11-30

The Honourable Doug Currie, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Prince Edward Island, led the Canadian delegation to the first International Summit on the Teaching Profession. This event marked the first time education ministers, teachers, and union leaders from around the world convened to discuss best practices in building a world-class teaching force. The discussions focused on teacher recruitment and preparation; development, support, and retention of teachers; teacher evaluation and compensation; and teacher engagement in education reform.

PCAP-2010 Report on the Pan-Canadian Assessment of Mathematics, Science, and Reading Publication Date: 2011-11-28

The Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP), a collaborative effort among Canadian provinces and territories, is a survey of the knowledge and skills of students in Grade 8/Secondary II in the core subject areas. The 2010 report describes the performance of Grade 8 students in the second administration of PCAP, in which the major domain was mathematics and the secondary or minor domains were science and reading. CMEC developed PCAP to ensure the availability of statistically valid, comparable data on student achievement which can be used by education researchers, policy-makers, and government officials to understand and make improvements to provincial and territorial education systems.

Second Report from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment Publication Date: 2011-11-25

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a collaborative effort among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PISA is designed to provide policy-oriented international indicators of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students and sheds light on a range of factors that contribute to successful students, schools and education systems. The Second Report from the 2009 PISA complements the first one by looking at the contextual variables associated with reading achievement. It provides information concerning the student- and school-related factors, and an examination of linkages between the student engagement in reading, attitudes, approaches to learning, and reading achievement.

Measuring up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study Publication Date: 2010-12-07

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a collaborative effort among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PISA is designed to provide policy-oriented international indicators of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students and sheds light on a range of factors that contribute to successful students, schools and education systems. The 2009 report provides the initial results from the PISA 2009 assessment for Canada and the provinces in reading, mathematics, and science. Results are compared to other participating countries and across Canadian provinces. A second pan-Canadian report, with more detailed analyses of factors associated with student performance, will be published in early 2011.

PCAP-13 2007 Report on Differences in Reading Performance of 13-Year-Olds Based on Language and Minority/Majority Status Publication Date: 2010-02-26

This report supplements the PCAP-13 2007: Report on the Assessment of 13-Year-Olds in Reading, Mathematics, and Science, which describes the performance of 13-year-old students on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program, developed and administered in 2007 by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC). This report is based on the same context variables, but it focuses on those that best explain the differences in performance between six language groups.

Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2009 Publication Date: 2009-09-08

This report is the first in a new series of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP). It allows readers to compare data for the provinces and territories with data for OECD countries. The indicators presented in this report are parallel to 10 of the indicators presented in the OECD publication Education at a Glance, 2009.

Acquiring Literacy Skills: A Comparison of Provincial and International Results from PISA and IALSS Publication Date: 2008-06-06

Using data from the Program for International Student Assessment and the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, this study compared Canada's performance on literacy tests across jurisidctions and with those of other countries. The report also looks at the effects of student intake characteristics, school context and educational practices, and minority- and majority-language groups.

Pan-Canadian Assessment Program for 13-Year-Old Students Publication Date: 2008-04-28

The Pan-Canadian Assessment Program is the cyclical program of assessment of the achievement of 13-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science. The first assessment of this new program took place in early 2007. (The previous assessment program was the School Achievement Indicators Program, SAIP.) This report presents information about the tests, as well as the results in each domain, on a pan-Canadian and jurisdictional basis. Supporting documents, such as teacher resources, are also available.

Informal Meeting of OECD Education Ministers on Evaluating the Outcomes of Higher Education, January 11-12, 2008 Publication Date: 2008-01-12

The main objective of the meeting was to facilitate an exchange of ideas around the question of evaluating higher-education systems and the feasibility of creating instruments suitable for evaluating higher education across OECD member countries. This report outlines the key points of the discussions around societal expectations, national experiences with evaluating the quality of higher education, and the possibility of measuring learning outcomes in higher education. The document also presents the Canadian contributions and response to the idea of developing an assessment tool for higher education across OECD countries.

OECD Activity – Recognition of Non-Formal and Informal Learning (RNFIL): Report on Provincial/Territorial Activities and Pan-Canadian Overview Publication Date: 2007-12-21

This report provides information on recognizing non-formal and informal learning in Canada, most commonly known as Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). It presents a pan-Canadian overview, including contextual information on demographics and economic and social developments, and descriptions of governmental, institutional, and other organizational PLAR arrangements. The overview document is supported by detailed reports from ten provinces and one territory.

PISA 2006 - The 2006 Canadian Report Publication Date: 2007-12-07

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was initiated by the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to provide policy-oriented international indicators of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students. PISA assesses youth outcomes in three domains, reading, mathematics, and science, focusing on what students can do with what they have learned in school, at home, and in the community. This report provides detailed analysis of the performance of Canadian students in an international context, as well as information on results on a jurisidictional basis, and differences in performance linked to gender, immigrant status, parental education, and socioeconomic status.

Report on the CMEC Adult Literacy Forum (June 19-20, 2006) Publication Date: 2007-08-01

The 2006 CMEC Adult Literacy Forum, "Investing in Our Potential: Towards Quality Adult Literacy Programs in Canada," featured presentations that compared Canada's performance on international literacy tests to that of other countries and stressed the need for innovative, coherent, and long-term government efforts to strengthen adult-literacy provision at the community level, and the economic effects of improved literacy. The report also covers the workshops on workplace literacy, issues of measurement and evaluation of program success, quality provision, and the recommendations from the forum.

Final Report on the 2005 CESC-SSHRC Symposium on Knowledge Mobilization Publication Date: 2006-03-06

The central theme for the 2005 Canadian Education Statistics Council (CESC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) symposium was "Knowledge mobilization: From research to policy and practice." This report shares findings and concepts from the symposium, as well as summaries of the presentations, transcripts of the question-and-answer sessions, and background information.

Enhancing Learning through Formative Assessment Publication Date: 2005-10-15

This Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study aimed to contribute to an in-depth understanding of how teaching and learning occur and how student progress is assessed as a formative process, using a small number of exemplary innovations. In 2002, CMEC invited the provinces and territories to participate in this review, and five provinces completed the questionnaire. This report provides a review of research on formative evaluation in Canada as well as case studies from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Ontario.

SAIP Science III Assessment 2004 - The Public Report Publication Date: 2005-06-15

This document forms the report to the public on the results of the pan-Canadian assessment of science achievement for 13-year-old and 16-year-old students, administered in the spring of 2004 by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), as part of the ongoing School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP). SAIP is a cyclical program of pan-Canadian assessments of student achievement in science, reading, and mathematics. The report describes the assessment program and provides results on a pan-Canadian and a jurisdictional level. In addition, information is included on the context for learning science in Canada, teachers and teaching, and the school context.

PISA 2003 - The 2003 Canadian Report Publication Date: 2004-12-06

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a collaborative effort among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PISA is designed to provide policy-oriented international indicators of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students and to shed light on a range of factors that contribute to successful students, schools, and education systems. The 2003 report focuses on mathematics literacy, providing information on performance in mathematics, reading, science, and problem solving in an international context and on a jurisdictional basis. Other sections of the report look at the relationship between student engagement, student learning, and mathematics performance, and the relationship between family characterisitics, home environment, and mathematics performance.